Need a new Comcast modem!

[Loves2spoon]

I've had my motorola modem for 6 years now and it's finally dying, internet keeps dropping all day and speeds are terrible.

Even had comcast check the lines and reset my modem, I've also reset the modem everyday with no luck.

Which modem's do you suggest around $50? Thank you


btw docsis 3.0 isn't available in my area.

 

[techfreak85]

Do you not rent the modem your currently have from Comcast? If you do they should get you a new one.

 

[Loves2spoon]

Do you not rent the modem your currently have from Comcast? If you do they should get you a new one.

No I own it. Comcast charges $5 month for modem rentals... lol

 

[wordoflife]

This for sure.

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-SB61...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280079720&sr=8-1

Read the reviews. Some people are reporting higher speeds up to 15mb/s more than what they're paying!

 

[Eddyisgreat]

No contest. Get the SB6120 if you are in a DOCSIS 3.0 area, even if you aren't on the "Ultra" (22 Mbps) or "Extreme" (50 Mbps) d3 tiers. I'm provisioned to the 12 Mbps "Performance" speeds but I routinely edge closer to the "Blast!" speeds which are 16 Mbps (all these numbers ugh). Never have experienced less even in a high congestion area , and I always have rock solid pings.

This is because comcast's headend will let docsis 3.0 modem users "bond" onto more than one channel which allows us more consistency while everyone else uses those crappy arris and crusty SB5120 modems.

just read you aren't in docsis 3.0 area. Oh well, get it anyway.

 

[Loves2spoon]

No contest. Get the SB6120 if you are in a DOCSIS 3.0 area, even if you aren't on the "Ultra" (22 Mbps) or "Extreme" (50 Mbps) d3 tiers. I'm provisioned to the 12 Mbps "Performance" speeds but I routinely edge closer to the "Blast!" speeds which are 16 Mbps (all these numbers ugh). Never have experienced less even in a high congestion area , and I always have rock solid pings.

This is because comcast's headend will let docsis 3.0 modem users "bond" onto more than one channel which allows us more consistency while everyone else uses those crappy arris and crusty SB5120 modems

Wow, thanks for the info! After reading the reviews on amazon about the sb6120 it looks like that's the modem to buy right now.

I'm also getting a lot of lag on xbox live with my sb120... not fun!