1000mb here is over $200/mo, I can't justify it when I already have 60mb "included free" in my rent. (I use quotes around included free because my rent went up $80/mo when they announced free cable with rent).
It does what I need. On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 4:04 PM _ Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > 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! >
