Well, in the past I have been always gone for special rebate or
refurbish type deals on my networking equipment without caring all
that much about performance, but I am ready to go high end because I
am more interested in faster speeds, a more reliable connection and
better wifi support. To that end I am planning on a new Netgear
AC5300 Nighthawk X8 Tri-Band WiFi Router so I decided to go with
the Netgear modem and I splurged on their fastest one for no
particular reason except to future proof it = NETGEAR CM600 24x8
channel bonding enables up to 960 Mbps download speeds,Gigabit
Ethernet port. I figured it would pair nicely and it was on sale.
At 11:06 PM 9/8/2016, you wrote:
The DOCSIS 3.0 modems can have different numbers of channels that
they support.
I am on a Surfboard 6141, which I picked up for under $50 price
matching RadioShack at BestBuy.
http://surfboard.com/products/arris-product-comparison/
With 50MBit service, the 6121 would be sufficient, but I would look
at either the 6141 or 6183 to give your self some room if prices
come down, and increase resale if you sell it off when you move.
Refurb 6183:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?sdtid=9067827&SID=32034c4a765311e693985efa6dba0ef40INT&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16825694008&cm_sp=
Sams club deal on multiple models,
http://slickdeals.net/f/8889747-sam-s-club-linksys-ea9200-3200ac-169-98-arris-surfboard-sb6141-64-98-sb6183-89-86-sbg6700-129-86-tax-shipping-some-item-are-free-store-pick-up?v=1&src=SiteSearch
I would go with the Surfboard line over NetGear for resale purposes.
Also you can check Craigs list in your area.
-Harry
On 09/07/2016 03:05 PM, Winterlight wrote:
Wednesday, September 07 2016, 14:37:39
I have a COX ISP Premium account = Up to 50 Mbps download up to 5
Mbps upload. I use a Motorola docis2 Surfmodem. For the last year
or more, Cox keeps asking me to upgrade to a docis3 modem. The only
reason I haven't done so is that I am planning a major move by the
end of the year so I don't exactly know what new service I will end
up... for sure it won't be COX, and I am fine with my internet
connection as is.. or I was until recently. I keep getting dropped
and having to reset everything and I am starting to buffer video
which never happened before. The fiber optic line is 20 feet from
where the modem is and I am sure if I call COX they will blame the
modem, and to be fair the last time this happened was with my
Linksys Docsis1 modem going out. I guess there is no way to
definitively test the modem.
So for the reasons above I have decided to just get the docsis 3
modem. I could go with the new Motorola docsis3 modem... or the
Netgear docisis3 340Mbs modem which is on sale. In as much as I
plan to get a new Netgear nighthawk router when I move I am looking
at the Netgear modems... does it really matter any more on modem
branding. And for the first time I see modems with three levels of
speed 340Mbps or 680Mbs all the way to 960Mbs. As a single user
why would I need 960Mbs and I should think that ISP account
would be very expensive. What does the collective think about all
this? Comments, warnings and recommendations please..Thanks.
.
