Unionman76
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Cable Modems DOCsis 3.1
of these 3 modems which one would you purchase ?
SB8200 ARRIS SURFboard
MB8600 MOTOROLA
CM1100 NETGEAR
they are all similarly priced
i have used SB products for years
my router is NETGEAR R7500 and my current modem is SB6121
so my modem is currently capping my rate
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mjaytee
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RE: Cable Modems DOCsis 3.1
Netgear, only because an Arris modem gave me constant trouble that was solved by replacing it with a Netgear modem. I'm sure that I just got a rare dud, but my Netgear has been rock solid.
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Unionman76
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RE: Cable Modems DOCsis 3.1
(09-29-2019 09:23 AM)mjaytee Wrote: Netgear, only because an Arris modem gave me constant trouble that was solved by replacing it with a Netgear modem. I'm sure that I just got a rare dud, but my Netgear has been rock solid.
thanks for your input
i had read where the arris modem had a chip issue
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EarthBoundMisfit
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RE: Cable Modems DOCsis 3.1
one of those situations where "your mileage may vary."
I've used various modems/routers over the years...from Belkin, Netgear, SB, Motorola, etc.
Now I have an Ubee, but my preference would have been a Netgear.
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memtigbb
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RE: Cable Modems DOCsis 3.1
I have had the best results from netgear, but their customer service is complete ass.
At one point I had a dsl wired netgear modem and I went and bought a netgear wireless router. Went through the instructions of setting it up and for whatever reason the modem would not recognize the router. So I called customer service. They would not help me because my modem was 14 months old and had passed the 12 month warranty... Excuse me, I JUST BOUGHT the router, I need help with the router. They would not assist in any way unless I paid for customer service because the modem was out of warranty.
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EarthBoundMisfit
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RE: Cable Modems DOCsis 3.1
I have Spectrum service, and before, I always owned my own equipment, to avoid paying a monthly modem rental fee.
We upgraded to 100mb package, and all of a sudden we encountered wireless drops like you wouldn't believe.
Not only that, we were getting about 40mb wirelessly when it did connect.
I bought 6 wireless routers, to no avail.
I had a Spectrum tech come out...and he was stumped too.
Turns out my Docsis 3.0 Arris cable modem was faulty.
It would give me 100mb hardwired, but you put a wifi router added to it, severely reduced speeds.
He gave me a Spectrum modem/router, and we've been chugging along since.
I was relieved that someone else had trouble figuring it out too, I have a degree in computer networking, and this modem gave me several headaches.
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