I would never of thought that I would spend the money or even justify a need for 1000Mbs internet service but at $75 per month with Sparklight I couldn't say no. However, once it was turned on I discovered some realties. From the beginning I was not getting more then 400Mbs. So Sparklight investigated and sent a tech out but by the time he got here they had fixed the problem in the line and the end of my coaxial tested 940Mbs. However, the tech pointed out that my modem can't actually deliver 1000Mps even if it was advertised as such my existing Motorola 24x8 Cable Modem, Model MB7621, DOCSIS 3.0. Approved by Comcast Xfinity, Cox, Charter Spectrum, Time Warner Cable, and More. Downloads 1,000<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077BL65HS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1> tested at 600 to 800 direct from the modem.
But once it was plugged into my Ubiquity Edge X router all speeds dropped from 175 to 400 max. After a few days emailing Ubiquity support it was determined that firmware updates had disabled offload modules and the router was governing the speeds. Offloading is used to execute functions of the router using the hardware directly, instead of a process of software functions. The benefit of offloading in EdgeOS is increased performance and throughput by not depending on the CPU for forwarding decisions. So once I was back to default settings the router shot up close to what the modem was delivering. Fortunately my unmanaged switches have performed as expected. I was beginging to worry that I would have to replace them. I had bought my modem in November from Amazon,and used it on a 200Mbs account but it was advertised at 1000Mbs so they were very good about taking it back and allowing me to put the money toward this MOTOROLA MB8611 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem with 2.5G Ethernet, Approved for Comcast Xfinity Gigabit and More. I won't be using the 2.5G but it will future proof it. Reviews show that people are getting a 1000 plus with this modem so it will be interesting to see what my performance is once it arrives. So the moral of this story is that if you get a 1000Mbs account don't assume your hardware is up to the task!
