Arris Surfboard SB6183 vs Motorola MB8600

North, didn't you have the 6190? Why did you downgrade? Simple. I had a friend that was actually getting a 1.4 gigabits per second download. Basically...

This time it got me a bit. Spectrum in our area has been steadily increasing our cable internet speeds. I was going to blame Spectrum for us continually loosing connectivity but I did some hunting and found out our modem was just cooking and could not keep up with the upgraded internet service we were getting and using as we have steadily doubled the number of devices we have using it. Spectrum has more then doubled our speed in the last two years, and we have got at least 2x the devices using our internet now - no small wonder the old modem cut out

I may upgrade to 400mbps, but probably won’t do one of the higher tier plans. The Arris Surfboard SB6183 looks like a cost-effective option ($55 currently). Others im considering are the Motorola MB7621 at $90, and the Netgear CM1100 at $110. Reliability is important, and a modem that will be supported by xfinity for at least the next 2 years

So these modems are not the rock solid modems from the early Motorola generation many of us have become accustomed. I took away two star for the hassle caused by the modem and the aggravation of having to deal with Comcast automated voice hell system to reach a real human every time I had to call them. Of course Comcast could have easily told me it was the modem but refused to look at it since it wasn't company equipment. It was customer owned equipment