Arris TM722G Telephony Cable Modem - DOCSIS 3.0

hey guys I'm Joe you're watching Theo Joe Tech in this video I'm going to be talking about cable modems specifically what DOCSIS is and thinking about whether or not you have to upgrade your modem or not basically DOCSIS is a protocol that allows Internet traffic and data to be transferred over cable lines so your cable company will typically give you a DOCSIS modem or you might buy one and incomes the cable line in your house it splits between your TV and then your cable modem which extracts the internet part of that channel and will then allow you to surf the web so this is different than if you have a cable company that brings fiber directly to your house if you just have fiber then you obviously don't have a DOCSIS modem because that's just for cable so you really only have to worry about this stuff if you have cable internet now in some cases you might actually have a modem that's