I have a question peoples.

[Seminole]

Is there a "better" modem? I mean I need to buy a cable modem, I have comcast. They issued me a motorola surfboard sb5100, but our cable got hit by lightning. What should I buy?

 

[BallerX]

If you get a lot of lightening you should see about paying the extra couple of bucks to the cable company and let them replace it everytime it pops..

If you really must buy one. the last one I purchased was a SurfBoard and it was indeed faster than the cox Teryon ping wise but its not really that noticeable. Always 3com will have a good offering for a price

 

[BBA]

The motorola is good, let the cable company replace it.

I had a few surfboards that got killed by lightning when I lived in an area with overhead power lines. After I moved to an area with underground wiring, I have had no such lightning damage.

 

[TechLarry]

Make sure you get one that handles high bitrates. Some of the older one's do not, and I think some newer cheaper one's may have trouble as well.

I had to replace my old SB when I went from 5mbit cable to 15mbit cable. It was tapped out at 5mbit.

Also make sure you use Ethernet, not USB.

I bought the latest one out at the time, which was I think the 5120. It's been a year so I suspect they have a newer model.

In short, you probably can't go wrong with the latest Motorola Surfboard.

Don't forget you'll need to call the cable company to have it provisioned once you connect it.

-Larry

Is there a "better" modem? I mean I need to buy a cable modem, I have comcast. They issued me a motorola surfboard sb5100, but our cable got hit by lightning. What should I buy?