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.
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