I used to work tech support for an ISP years ago.... Trying to get people to find their modem and see if it was plugged into the wall was effort.
Imagine trying to get the same people to upgrade router firmware...... no chance
Imagine trying to get the same people to upgrade router firmware...... no chance
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Earlier versions of cable modems had flaws that allowed consumers to push configs on the ethernet port and uncap their cable modems and gain higher speeds than they had paid for.
"Thank you for upgrading your service to our VVVIP Price Tier! Your first three months as a VVVIP customer is 50% off..."
They did, but the overhead at the time was high. And they generally didn't peruse unless you were causing trouble....or slipped up on OPSEC.
Cable ISP network security back in the day was horrid. SNMP string would get leaked. With that you could snmpwalk the entire node you were on. It was amusing.
There are so many other devices out there that are required for this change to work, it is insane to think it could be done.
Which is why there are technical standards for the ISP to do it from their end:
> Technical Report 069 (TR-069) is a technical specification of the Broadband Forum that defines an application layer protocol for remote management and provisioning of customer-premises equipment (CPE) connected to an Internet Protocol (IP) network. TR-069 uses the CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP) which provides support functions for auto-configuration, software or firmware image management, software module management, status and performance managements, and diagnostics.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR-069
(At least on ISP-issued CPE.)