New cable modem - Motorola Surfboard SB6120

[picklemonkey]

I just bought my own cable modem because Comcast upped their modem rates to $7/mo. I got a Motorola Surfboard SB6120, and ran some speed tests before/after to see if I'd notice any speed change or if it would only be monetary Surprisingly, my download speeds are reporting between 1.5-3x faster, and downloads are 50% slower.

bandwidthplace
b	8.71, 	3.64
b	9.54, 	4.10
b	8.82, 	3.74
b	9.21, 	3.77
b	10.52, 	4.16
b	9.27, 	3.59

a	25.02, 	2.27
a	23.37, 	1.81
a	29.83, 	1.70
a	27.53, 	1.59
a	25.61, 	1.67



speedtest.net
b	21.95, 	4.86
b	19.73, 	5.00
b	28.78, 	4.87
b	21.53, 	5.10
b	29.73, 	4.92
b	29.45,  5.06

a	30.56, 	2.67
a	30.55, 	2.58
a	30.54, 	2.17
a	30.24,  2.24
a	30.49, 	2.62

I guess I'm excited about this, because I don't do much uploading Do you guys own your own cable modem, or rent from your cable company?

[ganjamo]

Re: New cable modem - Motorola Surfboard SB6120

Here they sell you the DSL modem and the speed is capped to whatever you got contracted.

What are those units in? mb/s?

I got 5mb/0.5mb and thats the highest speed they offer here (for home use).

[picklemonkey]

Re: New cable modem - Motorola Surfboard SB6120

yeah in mb/s. you have a 5mb cap? That sucks man

[threehills]

Re: New cable modem - Motorola Surfboard SB6120

wait, I don't get it... download speeds are 3.0 fast, but downloads are still 50% slower?

[PROG]

Re: New cable modem - Motorola Surfboard SB6120

i also run a motorola modem but older model for a specific reason

i get 22+ mb/s download and 3.0 up on speed test but have never seen it exceed 3 mb when on torrent.

[picklemonkey]

Re: New cable modem - Motorola Surfboard SB6120

I don't get it either... I'm going to wait for PSN to come back to determine if I need to bitch about it

[audiotherapy]

Re: New cable modem - Motorola Surfboard SB6120

depends on your comcast subscription throughput, but the DOCSIS 3 spec modem are capable of ~50Mbps