# So what timewarner modem do you have LOLZ
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172
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**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172 "2009-10-21T10:54:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/1 "2009-10-21T10:54:30Z")
> **[Time Warner Cable's 65,000 Routers Open to Hack](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Time-Warner-Cable-Router-Security,8896.html)**
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> Time Warner Cable has acknowledged a 'major security hole' present in up to 65,000 routers in customers homes.
:picard:
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### Author:  [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/2 "2009-10-21T10:57:44Z")
lol. Love that their first response was, “We are aware of it but we cannot do anything about it.” Good old TW. So glad I have Verizon.
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/3 "2009-10-21T11:00:17Z")
i just love their “we’re aware, we cant fix it” attitude.
EDIT: damnit… you beat me to it.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/4 "2009-10-21T11:01:39Z")
TW is handing out modem/router combos now?
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### Author:  [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/5 "2009-10-21T11:04:14Z")
Good thing I have verizon now.
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/6 "2009-10-21T11:12:22Z")
…Fucking Idiots.
My Moto SurfBoard is still running.
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/7 "2009-10-21T12:51:10Z")
I have the new one that’s a combination VOIP phone box too…its actually a lot better than the crap they used to give us
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/8 "2009-10-21T14:41:35Z")
I’ve never seen that SMC router distributed to TW customers around here.
I’ve always been given a old ass motorola modem, until I bought my own RCA modem that says comcast on it, lol.
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### Author:  [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/9 "2009-10-21T14:53:08Z")
I didn’t know they gave out wireless routers, fucking bastards, I bought my own.
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/10 "2009-10-21T15:03:36Z")
They don’t give them out, technically you rent them, and as always it is an additional fee.
Also, in Buffalo the SMC’s are rare and when I was there were being forcefully phased out with other models, rofl.
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### Author:  [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/11 "2009-10-21T15:37:07Z")
wifi sucks anyways haha
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### Author:  [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/12 "2009-10-22T04:35:40Z")
LOL @ OP, would you bitch at toyota because the garmin that was given to you sucks at routing?
Lets see…
SMC makes wifi router that has security problem, lets blame time warner!!! lmfao
OP’s article leaves out quite a bit…
“We were aware of the problem last week and have been working on it since,” said Time Warner spokesman Alex Dudley.
I’m sure when they were notified they said something along the lines of we will refer it to smc, but twc cannot do anything about it, as in twc doesn’t own smc or write code for them.
Time Warner’s Dudley says the SMC8014 modem/routers are just a small portion of the 14 million devices its customers are using. So roughly .5%, big whoop.
I doubt one person on the board has one, as there is only a few in buffalo remaining, most were replaced by now.
sb6120
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### Author:  [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/13 "2009-10-22T05:12:04Z")
^^^ Someone works for TW.
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### Author:  [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/14 "2009-10-22T05:15:08Z")
Sherlock.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/15 "2009-10-22T05:23:02Z")
> [@jabbu](#):
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> LOL @ OP, would you bitch at toyota because the garmin that was given to you sucks at routing?
If a company is going to distribute a product that provides their service they should audit the device…
Your comparison doesn’t make sense…
What if their HD boxes start going bad? Yes someone else makes them however TW supports them and provides service with them this would fall on TW for not doing appropriate testing of a product they back.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/16 "2009-10-22T07:01:26Z")
yeah man
1. If you are going to represent a product by distributing it to your users, you better test it
2. Most ISPs would prefer to keep their network secure, not the case here
3. “Helllllo Mr. Lawyer…Why no, I did not realize that the product we rented out to your client was the cause of their personal data loss, which resulted in an ID Theft case.”
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### Author:  [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/17 "2009-10-22T07:01:57Z")
That modem is 5 years old, I think it very well passed “appropriate testing”
TW was notified of an issue, they forwarded it to SMC, SMC came out with a patch, TW is supplying the patch.
And just for giggles, TW doesn’t supply those in WNY, Adelphia did.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/18 "2009-10-22T07:05:47Z")
Ok?
I seem to get the impression you think I hate TW…which is not the case a few people are trying to get me to work there…
Yea a easily exploitable vulnerability that can be done remotely doesn’t qualify as “appropriate testing”
TW/Adelphia/Whoever when you deploy a product into someones home which can potentially compromise their internal home network and leave them vulnerable to identify theft/loss of data things you can put a monetary value against its a BIG deal.
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/19 "2009-10-22T07:06:57Z")
wow, jabbu drank even more of the kool aid than that geico broad.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-what-timewarner-modem-do-you-have-lolz/75172/20 "2009-10-22T07:08:27Z")
Jabbu what do you do at TW?
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