Modem

I've had my Surfboard modem for 7 years. Cable.
The other day I was thinking that I could do with a spare just in case.
Those nice people at Virgin Media sent me a new one for free, the Superhub.
I told them that my Surfboard kept turning itself off. Ahem :-)
The new one has to be activated by Virgin Media, there is a freephone number
to call.

My question is: when the new modem is activated will the old one still work?

Thanks.


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