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I'm pleading ignorant on this one, I have a question. Is there any reason for me to upgrade my modem from the crappy Motorola Surfboard that the cable company gives me with service? Will I get better latency or more consistent speeds? I'm not the most demanding user, but I do game on Xbox Live. Take into consideration, I don't rent the modem so it won't discount my bill.
ProppaT said: I'm pleading ignorant on this one, I have a question. Is there any reason for me to upgrade my modem from the crappy Motorola Surfboard that the cable company gives me with service? Will I get better latency or more consistent speeds? I'm not the most demanding user, but I do game on Xbox Live. Take into consideration, I don't rent the modem so it won't discount my bill.
I actually have the same question about my Arris Touchstone TM502G modem from Timewarner Cable.
wingate20 said: ProppaT said: I'm pleading ignorant on this one, I have a question. Is there any reason for me to upgrade my modem from the crappy Motorola Surfboard that the cable company gives me with service? Will I get better latency or more consistent speeds? I'm not the most demanding user, but I do game on Xbox Live. Take into consideration, I don't rent the modem so it won't discount my bill.
I actually have the same question about my Arris Touchstone TM502G modem from Timewarner Cable.
In my opinion, you should not upgrade. This is an older DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem. It is best for people like me that have a 2Mb down/1Mb up speed and would otherwise have to rent a modem for $5/month. Some ISPs may not support this modem.
DOCSIS 2.0 is plenty fast for almost everyone. My Linksys refurb I got almost a year ago is getting 25 mbps download and 3 mbps upload, which is what my Comcast service is. Plus I am saving money. In the time I had it, the modem paid for itself by saving me modem rental fees. Maybe docsis 3.0 will have some advantages eventually, but I haven't seen any yet.
SimMike said: DOCSIS 2.0 is plenty fast for almost everyone.
You can never have enough bandwidth....
if you are a Comcast customer they are rolling out DOCSIS 3, keep that in mind. In my area you may already have it and just need the modem. They are not rolling out the modems with the service so service goes live first.
zephyrprime
Senior Member
posted: Jun. 29, 2010 @ 9:37a
steveg944 said: In my opinion, you should not upgrade. This is an older DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem. It is best for people like me that have a 2Mb down/1Mb up speed and would otherwise have to rent a modem for $5/month. Some ISPs may not support this modem.Docsis 2 is good for up to 30mbps down and most cable companies are still providing docsis 2 modems, not docsis 3.
zephyrprime said: steveg944 said: In my opinion, you should not upgrade. This is an older DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem. It is best for people like me that have a 2Mb down/1Mb up speed and would otherwise have to rent a modem for $5/month. Some ISPs may not support this modem.Docsis 2 is good for up to 30mbps down and most cable companies are still providing docsis 2 modems, not docsis 3.
I'm not so much concerned about the DOCSIS 2/3 standards. DOCSIS 2 is fine, as I only get 10mbps. I'm more concerned about latency, quality, and reliability of hardware. I remember in the old days we used to pay extra for good modems. 56K was the standard, but you only really got your full speed and good latency out of the expensive ones.
ProppaT said: I'm not so much concerned about the DOCSIS 2/3 standards. DOCSIS 2 is fine, as I only get 10mbps. I'm more concerned about latency, quality, and reliability of hardware. I remember in the old days we used to pay extra for good modems. 56K was the standard, but you only really got your full speed and good latency out of the expensive ones.
Am I the only one stunned by "the old days" and "56K was the standard" in the same sentence? The first modem I used typically connected at 150 baud (not K) to connect to local bulletin boards. To use it, you placed the telephone handset in the acoustic cradle. Thought it was great when we moved to 300 baud and a direct line connection. 56K was late in the game, when broadband was moving mainstream.
ProppaT said: zephyrprime said: steveg944 said: In my opinion, you should not upgrade. This is an older DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem. It is best for people like me that have a 2Mb down/1Mb up speed and would otherwise have to rent a modem for $5/month. Some ISPs may not support this modem.Docsis 2 is good for up to 30mbps down and most cable companies are still providing docsis 2 modems, not docsis 3.
I'm not so much concerned about the DOCSIS 2/3 standards. DOCSIS 2 is fine, as I only get 10mbps. I'm more concerned about latency, quality, and reliability of hardware. I remember in the old days we used to pay extra for good modems. 56K was the standard, but you only really got your full speed and good latency out of the expensive ones. So paying more equals better quality? All I know is my refurb Linksys has been performing excellent. I rarely if ever have to reset the modem. It keeps on working day after day, week after week, long after it was paid for in rental savings. BTW, I've had some really junky rentals from Comcast. The two I have bought myself performed better than the buggy Comcast rentals.
SilverDL said: ProppaT said: I'm not so much concerned about the DOCSIS 2/3 standards. DOCSIS 2 is fine, as I only get 10mbps. I'm more concerned about latency, quality, and reliability of hardware. I remember in the old days we used to pay extra for good modems. 56K was the standard, but you only really got your full speed and good latency out of the expensive ones.
Am I the only one stunned by "the old days" and "56K was the standard" in the same sentence? The first modem I used typically connected at 150 baud (not K) to connect to local bulletin boards. To use it, you placed the telephone handset in the acoustic cradle. Thought it was great when we moved to 300 baud and a direct line connection. 56K was late in the game, when broadband was moving mainstream.
Hey, I was around through the telephone handset days myself and fully remember pissing off BBS moderators when I'd sign in peak hours with a 2400 baud modem when everyone else had moved on to 14.4k. I was talking old days speaking more about modem gaming than anything. I don't think latency was too much of an issue before FPS games started getting popular .
@SimMike: No, paying more doesn't mean better...I wouldn't be here if I thought that. I do know that Brighthouse gives out the junkiest modem I've ever used and, 3 different houses and 6 modems later I still have so/so connection speed and I still have people complain about my latency at times. At this point I'm just hoping that a better modem might do something for me. DSL isn't really an option for me due to exorbitant cost and low speeds.
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I jumped on the last $20 deal. It worked fine until last week's storms... the deal came around just in time. I suspect that the storms killed my modem and not that it was a refurb, so I will take another chance for $20. DOCSIS 2.0 will more than suite my needs. Was tempted by 3.0, but coud not justify the cost. If cannot use the features, what good does it do for me?
arribasn said: there are also some codes to Newegg email listers for free shipping on the routers This product already has free shipping wiht no codes necessary.
This modem is pretty good for it's purpose. But both modem and router need to reboot every couple of days if I BT download, if not, surfing will be really slow if BTing at the same time.
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