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HaRuMaN:
Well, the new router is doing the exact same thing as the old one... spotty connections, poor speeds, etc (wired computers still have excellent speed, so its not an ISP issue).
Even tried hooking up the old router downstairs in wireless ethernet bridge mode, still not helping.
Ready to give ethernet over powerline a shot. I know they got mentioned in this thread, has anyone else tried them?
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 08, 2011, 10:31:17 am ---
What a nightmare that was. It took Comcast 4 phone calls and a visit from two techs just to swap my damn modem. They never did figure out how to get the modem I bought out of their walled garden despite it being on their approved hardware list. Made me drive to an office to get an older modem and gave me the wrong power supply with it. I had two techs in my house for two hours. One playing pinball the other on the phone swearing at his own central tech support people. Finally they both leave without resolving the issue. Eventually they must have figured out whatever account issue was wrong because my service became active without notification later that night.
At least now my net speed is about 5x faster because I was supposed to be upgraded two years ago and they never mentioned it. Having a simple modem swap turn out to be several hours of ordeal and on site support is just inexcusable.
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That's actually very typical of the Comcast Xfinity technicians that arrive at your home to do the repairs. I have a myriad of horrors dealing with their onsite techs. The only one that actually did anything right didn't even belong to Comcast but to @Home. Figured out that Comcast installers ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up on my cable and let water into the wiring which caused no end of problems to my connection. It took the @Home technician only thirty minutes of testing to find the problem which the Comcast morons couldn't figure out after multiple trips and wasted hours. They finally declared my TV at fault which was a boatload of utter crap.
Chad, what do you do to find a modem on the approved list? I've browsed their craptastic site and never been able to find information on that. Comcast has been forcing me to "rent" their modem for a long time now and never, not once, ever mentioned a purchase option.
SavannahLion:
edit:
Oh ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- duh, I was looking in the wrong category. I found the list of "approved" modems at http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/
Strange that :censored:cast says you must lease a DOCSIS3.0 modem but they list about a dozen on that page. That doesn't really make much sense. Chad, did you get a DOCSIS3.0 modem?
My GF has been asking me to buy a replacement modem so I don't have to be screwed with those extra fees. What do you think I should look at first?
whammoed:
I just put in this DOCSIS3.0 modem:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16825115054&Tpk=N82E16825115054
Works great so far. You do have to call to have them activate the new modem of course. Was getting download speeds of about 9mbs with the old DOCSIS2.0 modem and now get about 17mbs which is more than I'm actually supposed to. Doesn't make sense since the DOCSIS2.0 is supposed to have plenty of bandwidth for these speeds but it is what it is.
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