Originally posted by: Evadman
Can you have 2 modems and 2 accounts in the same house?
Yes, you can. We live in a basement apartment of our house, and rent out the upstairs 2 floors (rent out 4 bd 2 ba). We just signed up for ATTBI this fall, and since the renters already had ATTBI we just had to make sure that when our line was installed, that noone's signal was adversely affected, ie make sure the filters in other areas of the house are installed with the total house network in mind. Yes, this means you share bandwidth, but you already share bandwidth 40 feet down the road on the cable wire, at the next house or apartment. The speed is still great, at least if you live in an area with not many cable internet customers.
I heard all kinds of horror stories about cable internet before we decided on getting this, but we have had zero noticeable downtime, though once in awhile web sites don't come up as fast as you like, I have no way of knowing if this is an overloaded server end or our local network. No loss of connectivity yet in 3 months. This is in NW Washington state (Bellingham).
Bianca