techies in Santa Fe: considering switching from uswest/qwest/centurylink (which will not do good speeds downtown) to xfinity/comcast (which says they will). i'll try it for a month. any advice on what cable modem hardware to get? any other things to consider for downtown santa fe broadband?
Hi Mark, Mark Galassi writes:
techies in Santa Fe: considering switching from uswest/qwest/centurylink (which will not do good speeds downtown) to xfinity/comcast (which says they will). i'll try it for a month. any advice on what cable modem hardware to get? any other things to consider for downtown santa fe broadband?
In Albuquerque, I use a Motorola SB6141. I bought it because it has one cable jack and one ethernet port; I wanted to use my own wireless router. It only supports about 300 Mbps max (my own service isn't anywhere close to that); if you want something faster and don't mind bringing your own router, one of the bigger models like SB6190 or SB8200 is the first direction I'd look. -- Anthony J. Bentley
I regularly find DOCSIS 3.0 modems like the Motorola Surfboard at Thrift stores for around $5. On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 01:19:28PM -0600, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
Hi Mark,
Mark Galassi writes:
techies in Santa Fe: considering switching from uswest/qwest/centurylink (which will not do good speeds downtown) to xfinity/comcast (which says they will). i'll try it for a month. any advice on what cable modem hardware to get? any other things to consider for downtown santa fe broadband?
In Albuquerque, I use a Motorola SB6141. I bought it because it has one cable jack and one ethernet port; I wanted to use my own wireless router. It only supports about 300 Mbps max (my own service isn't anywhere close to that); if you want something faster and don't mind bringing your own router, one of the bigger models like SB6190 or SB8200 is the first direction I'd look.
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John Osmon writes:
I regularly find DOCSIS 3.0 modems like the Motorola Surfboard at Thrift stores for around $5.
I had an older Surfboard (SB6121) lying around when I signed up for Comcast in February, but apparently Comcast's stated policy is they no longer activate connections with such old modems, and I couldn't get mine to work, so buyer beware. -- Anthony J. Bentley
On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 11:24:54 -0600 Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org> wrote:
techies in Santa Fe: considering switching from uswest/qwest/centurylink (which will not do good speeds downtown) to xfinity/comcast (which says they will). i'll try it for a month. any advice on what cable modem hardware to get? any other things to consider for downtown santa fe broadband?
I bought a Motorola Model: MB7220 to use with Comcast. I wanted just a cable modem with no wifi router. Unfortunately I wasted many hours trying to get the modem to work and was finally told by Comcast that I could not use my own modem because I have static ip addresses. Mars
On 6/7/20 11:24 AM, Mark Galassi wrote:
techies in Santa Fe: considering switching from uswest/qwest/centurylink (which will not do good speeds downtown) to xfinity/comcast (which says they will). i'll try it for a month. any advice on what cable modem hardware to get? any other things to consider for downtown santa fe broadband?
Unfortunately, Comcast is the best option right now. I like the cm700 modem because its on the "approved" list and supports any level of service that comcast offers. Of course, this needs to be coupled with a OpenWRT flashed router.
I have a cable modem that I can't use. I finally got my Comcast issues sorted out last week. It appears the issue was with the wiring in my building (that is a whole other story). I have this new cable modem I recently bought that I can't use. I can't use it because Comcast says I have to use their modem since I have static IP addresses. The modem is a Motorola Model MB7220 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019ZY1ZWS I paid $50 for it (with tax). Will trade for a donation to the Free Software Foundation https://www.fsf.org/ or a donation of your time to support Free Software. Mars PS Mark gets first dibs if he wants it. -- ============================================================= J. Marsden DeLapp, PE President DeLapp & Associates, Inc. dba DeLapp Engineering. Providing lighting and power planning, design and analysis services for commercial, industrial and large residential facilities. 1190 Harrison Road Ste 3a Santa Fe NM 87507 (505) 983-5557 https://DeLapp.com =============================================================
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