On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Greg Clifton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Making the switch from AT&T DSL to Comcast "way faster than DSL" service next week. Have a Linksys BEFCMU10 ver 2 which according to online specs is docsis 1 upgradable to docsis 1.1. Instead of paying $5.00/mo for whatever they provide I thought I would buy a better one. So I am soliciting docsis 3 Modem recommendations. Best price I have seen so far on NewEgg and Amazon is MOTOROLA SB6120 for 77.78 w/ free shipping. The question is, is there any significance in quality/durability between different brands?</blockquote>
</div><br><div>As far as standalone modems go, I have always had good luck with Motorola.</div><div><br></div><div>Note that if you use Business Class service from Comcast, you will not be able to supply your own modem. (At least not easily; I have not yet found the appropriate hoops to jump through to make it happen.) If you're going to go that route, make bloody sure that you get the DOCSIS 3 modem even if the network in your region has not yet been upgraded (I don't know if they have done all of the metro area yet, either). The reason that I say that is because the DOCSIS 2 devices that they use for business class customers frankly suck balls. I've yet to encounter problems with the DOCSIS 3 model. They use devices from SMC that are both cable modems and consumer-grade routers rolled into a single device.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Honestly, what I would prefer if I could manage to find it would be an internal DOCSIS 3 modem. I *really* hate the external modem; it takes another friggin plug, when it could simply use the power from the computer, and it means more wires where there needn't be any, and it means that I don't have complete and total control of my bloody network. But I'm probably just being anal retentive here.</div>
<div><br></div><div> --- Mike</div>