Fiiiiiiinally

[Directive]

Just activated my new Arris SB6141 modem. Good bye to modem rental fee's from Time Warner. I heard the rate was going up to ring in the new year and it is now $8 per month. This modem will pay for itself in under a year.

[palmboy5]

That is the modem I recommend to everyone, but don't personally have or use.

I have some random modem that was really cheap and didn't even officially support Comcast but a non-wifi model IS supported by Comcast so all it took was a phone call and some convincing and they flashed their firmware for that other model onto mine and it worked (no longer with wifi)!

[palmboy5]

Just switched to the SB6141 as well

Got it just because my existing modem (a Netgear CG3000D) didn't seem to like that I had smokeping pinging it periodically - its latency slowly grew over time and didn't even go down after power cycles. Just a weird modem. Replaced it for good measure.

[2005]

What can you use if your modem is a gateway unit instead of just a modem?

Mine also has the telephone ports in it, so I guess I'd need a replacement unit
that could do that as well?

Not that I'm not fine with how my unit is performing, but if I can save money buy
purchasing my own unit outright then I'd like to do so.

[palmboy5]

So you have landline phone service through cable as well? I have no experience with that scenario, sorry

My Netgear CG3000D was also a gateway (I just call it a "modem/router") instead of just a modem. All I did was have my actual router connected to it and set the modem/router to DMZ the router's IP (ie. send all traffic indiscriminately to my router) which is the closest thing you can do to making the modem/router behave like just a modem.
And at that point, you can replace the modem/router with a pure modem and it will function the same, as your actual router is already separate.

[2005]

I found the proper device to purchase.

An Arris TG862G unit. I can get them used, but I get mixed feedback when I search.

Some people say it will activate just fine, others say comcast wouldn't activate it. I don't
want to spend $70-$80 on one and have them refuse. I might call in and ask if I can buy
my own retail and replace the existing one.

[palmboy5]

My 2 cents: my Netgear modem wasn't supported by Comcast either, but there is another variant that IS supported by Comcast (the only difference I know of is that it doesn't have WiFi) and that all they needed to do was be convinced by you that it is the variant that is supported and then they will remotely flash their firmware meant for the variant that they support, onto the modem. So I ended up with a Netgear modem that had a Comcast Business firmware on it and loss of the WiFi function. But it worked! For over a year until I replaced it this week.

[Directive]

I got a straight modem to use with my existing Netgear router. I got my modem for 2 reasons. Wide variety of supporting cable companies and good reviews. Arris should be compatible with Comcast. They should list compatible modems on there website, or call and find out. So far my modem is working flawlessly (knocks on wood).
This modem looks good but it's a bit more money.

[palmboy5]

I'm curious if Arris is going to keep up on the quality come next gen considering right now they're basically riding off the success from Motorola.

Also, this shit: http://www.surfboard.com/products/sb6190/
"Download speeds up to 1.4 Gbps"
That's great and all, conveniently not mentioning that the ethernet port is only 1 Gbps so that modem literally cannot provide a 1.4 Gbps speed.

[Directive]

LMAO Thats a good one. I just looked it up. Advertising 1.4Gbps but, according to the manual, supplying a one-Gigabit Ethernet port. Things most people miss when y a don't read what your buying. And that goes for everything, including food.