Cable Modem Providers HOWTO

Vladimir Vuksan

vuksan@veus.hr

Revision History
Revision v4.29	December 8, 2025	Revised by: vv
Many updates.

This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to connect your Linux box to cable modem or cable Internet provider.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. New Versions of this Document
1.2. Feedback
1.3. Contributors
1.4. Standard Disclaimer
1.5. Copyright Information

2. Setting up your Ethernet Card

3. Regular Cable Modem ISPs

3.1. ATT (formerly MediaOne)
3.2. @Home
3.3. RoadRunner
3.4. Rogers@Home
3.5. Sunflower Cablevision
3.6. Jones Intercable
3.7. GTE Worldwind
3.8. SpeedChoice, Phoenix, Arizona
3.9. Cedar Falls Utilities Cybernet, Cedar Falls, Iowa
3.10. Telstra Big Pond Advance, Australia
3.11. Fibertel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3.12. Videotron (Videon), Canada
3.13. Telekabel (Teleweb), Austria
3.14. Shaw Cable, Canada
3.15. Cogeco Cable, Canada
3.16. Optimum Online, New York and Connecticut
3.17. Singapore Cable Vision, Singapore
3.18. Cable Wanadoo, France and Netherlands (formerly Casema)
3.19. Prime Cable Expressnet, Las Vegas, NV
3.20. Chello Belgium, formerly TVD, Belgium
3.21. Telenet Vlaanderen, Belgium
3.22. Total-Web, United States
3.23. CyberCable, Paris, France
3.24. Chello (UPC) Stockholm, Sweden (formerly StjärnTV)
3.25. GCI.Net, Alaska
3.26. Saturn Communication NZ Ltd, New Zealand
3.27. Chello, Netherlands
3.28. Adelphia Powerlink, USA
3.29. 21st Century Telecom, Chicago, IL, USA
3.30. HTVi, Helsinki, Finland
3.31. Garden State Cable, New Jersey
3.32. Zoom Internet, Butler County, PA
3.33. Charter Pipeline, St. Louis Metro Area
3.34. Netcabo, TV Cabo, Portugal
3.35. Supercable, Spain
3.36. NTL, United Kingdom
3.37. Virtua, São Paulo, Brazil
3.38. Hathway, Bombay, India
3.39. Siti Cable, Bangalore, India
3.40. Com Hem, Sweden
3.41. SwissOnLine HiSpeed Internet, Switzerland
3.42. Liwest, Austria
3.43. Blueyonder from Telewest, United Kingdom
3.44. CableNet, Colombia
3.45. Brutele, Belgium
3.46. Optus @Home, Australia
3.47. Destiny Cable, Philippines

4. Hybrid Cable modem ISPs

4.1. Adelphia Powerlink, USA
4.2. LinkExpress, Brasil
4.3. ExpressNet, Maryland
4.4. Charter Pipeline, Riverside, CA
4.5. Chambers Cable, Chico, CA / Fundy Cable, New Brunswick
4.6. Smyrna Cable, Atlanta, GA
4.7. Amnet de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
4.8. Prime Cable, Chicago, IL
4.9. Millennium Digital Media, Maryland
4.10. Rock Hill Telephone (RHTC) and Fort Mill Telephone (FMTC), South Carolina