I recently found out that my normally cost-conscious father has been renting his modems from his ISP for like 25 years and for Christmas I want to give him the gift of not having to pay $15 a month to Comcast anymore, but I was hoping for some guidance.
He’s currently paying for 800mb/s and they have him Arris TG3482G wireless gateway.
He lives in a ~1700 sf one story (plus basement) housee. All three bedrooms (and maybe the kitchen?) are wired with with ethernet jacks if that matters. Both he and my mom have said the signal in their bedroom can occasionally get spotty (in the rough sketch of their house below, the router is in the basement roughly on the X, room with occasional coverage issues is red square). That initially made me think maybe I should look into a mesh network, but then I realized it could just be that the signal on those modem/router combos really is that bad and a decent traditional modem could suffice.
Their internet usage typically consists of your run of the mill web surfing and occasional streaming. My dad also works from home over the wired connection.
They recently moved their landline over to Xfinity, so the modem requires voice. The modems xfinity lists as compatible with their plan:
- NetgearCM2050V
- Motorola MT8733
- Arris T25
- Netgear CM1150V
- Arris SBV3202
- Netgear C7100V
- Motorola MT7711
- Arris SVG2482AC
- Arris SBV2402
Any thoughts on which modem and router would best fit their situation and needs? Obviously the CM2050V appears to be the superior modem on the list, but also seems like a overkill given their plan and usage habits (unless it’d be a good idea for a bit of future proofing in case their plan ever gets upgraded?).
So much nonsense being spewed here. Only a few states in the us even allow “unlimited” internet via cable. 1.2 teraBYTES not bits. The higher speed is only a problem if you’re allowing all 25 of your mobile phones to sling Facebook streaming adds ALL DAY LONG. You would have to stream like 700 HD movies each 2 hours long to get close to 1.2 terabytes! There is not enough time in the month to watch 1400 hours of streaming movies. Now if you’re dumping whole websites full of data onto a backup hard drive or full YouTube videos all day long onto a local hard drive AND having your reload all 30 games you have on your pc etc. during a one month period, THEN you may get past 1.2 teraBYTES. That being said… DUMP that piece of shit Comcast modem/wifi combo and get yourself a REAL voice modem and a nice router with Multiple REAL antennas with multiple wireless channels. I had that pos comcast voice modem Wi-Fi combo and my tv was literally 25 feet from my modem line of SIGHT and it would still have problems staying connected. I bought my own voice modem and a separate gaming router and NOW I can connect my cell phone to my router ACROSS the fricken STREET at my neighbors house! And my house has aluminum siding. Tv no longer looses connection during a streaming movie eight separate times each movie. Self install is super easy over the phone. Good luck!