Cable Modem Suggestion?

[Deval]

Cox just double me up today.

 

What I really hate about cable co. in general is the shitty shared bandwidth. Last night after 7pm, my internet speeds dropped down to below 10mbps, consistently till around 1am.

 

I miss FiOS...I really do.

[mikejeep]

I'm a very happy FiOS customer.. they just bumped us up without any action on my end (I think from 15/5 to 15/15, but I'm not positive -- it does what we need it to do). But their wireless router/modem (MI424WR-GEN2) leaves me wanting more, probably because I'm in a building that I can see 20+ 2.4GHz WiFi networks in. The speed seems fine, but the WiFi coverage seems lousy.

 

Does anyone know if I have any equipment upgrade options through Verizon? Anticipate buying/building a house soon, and I'm trying to hold off on buying any new gadgets until then. I plan to go all out and get whatever high-end stuff is available once we're in the new place.

 

-Mike

[skid71]

I'm a very happy FiOS customer.. they just bumped us up without any action on my end (I think from 15/5 to 15/15, but I'm not positive -- it does what we need it to do). But their wireless router/modem (MI424WR-GEN2) leaves me wanting more, probably because I'm in a building that I can see 20+ 2.4GHz WiFi networks in. The speed seems fine, but the WiFi coverage seems lousy.

 

Does anyone know if I have any equipment upgrade options through Verizon? Anticipate buying/building a house soon, and I'm trying to hold off on buying any new gadgets until then. I plan to go all out and get whatever high-end stuff is available once we're in the new place.

 

-Mike

Mike, 

The cool thing about the Fios router is that it supports MoCA.  It's basically multimedia over coax.  I use it in our home that is not wired for ethernet.  It works great and is plug and play.  I'm not a Fios customer, sorry i can't offer any upgrade options that may be available to you.

[Deval]

I'm a very happy FiOS customer.. they just bumped us up without any action on my end (I think from 15/5 to 15/15, but I'm not positive -- it does what we need it to do). But their wireless router/modem (MI424WR-GEN2) leaves me wanting more, probably because I'm in a building that I can see 20+ 2.4GHz WiFi networks in. The speed seems fine, but the WiFi coverage seems lousy.

 

Does anyone know if I have any equipment upgrade options through Verizon? Anticipate buying/building a house soon, and I'm trying to hold off on buying any new gadgets until then. I plan to go all out and get whatever high-end stuff is available once we're in the new place.

 

-Mike

 

I don't believe so, BUT, you could turn off the wireless in the router, and use your own as an Ethernet Bridge+AP.

 

My parent's house is installed as such:

 

FiOS OTN in basement, fiber coming in from street, coax going out to a splitter. One feeds the TV in the living room, the other feeds the TV in the bedroom downstairs. There is a secondary coax run upstairs to the master bedroom which has the modem/wifi router.

 

What I did was get the Coax->Ethernet adapter, and put it before the box for the bedroom downstairs. I was able then bridge a wifi router with a discrete SSID and blanket coverage throughout the ground floor and basement.

[mrknowitall526]

How about suggestions for a DSL modem? I will be getting Verizon DSL soon and I've heard the current modem is the D-Link 2750. My aunt has one, it seems like a cheap piece of garbage. And you can't see the transceiver stats from it.

[cletus]

How about suggestions for a DSL modem? I will be getting Verizon DSL soon and I've heard the current modem is the D-Link 2750. My aunt has one, it seems like a cheap piece of garbage. And you can't see the transceiver stats from it.

I think if you have a D-link and are having issues they will send out an Actiontek GT784whatever to replace it. My mother in law seems to find it much easier to work with and it has been a good modem for her.

http://www.verizon.com/Support/Residential/Internet/HighSpeed/Networking/Troubleshooting/Troubleshooting.htm

http://www.actiontec.com/262.html

[mrknowitall526]

I think if you have a D-link and are having issues they will send out an Actiontek GT784whatever to replace it. My mother in law seems to find it much easier to work with and it has been a good modem for her.

http://www.verizon.com/Support/Residential/Internet/HighSpeed/Networking/Troubleshooting/Troubleshooting.htm

http://www.actiontec.com/262.html

Maybe I'll just pretend to have a problem so I can get one... I'm not sure if VZ charges a rental fee. I'm assuming not but I could be wrong.

[travismheim]

I'm a very happy FiOS customer.. they just bumped us up without any action on my end (I think from 15/5 to 15/15, but I'm not positive -- it does what we need it to do). But their wireless router/modem (MI424WR-GEN2) leaves me wanting more, probably because I'm in a building that I can see 20+ 2.4GHz WiFi networks in. The speed seems fine, but the WiFi coverage seems lousy.

 

Does anyone know if I have any equipment upgrade options through Verizon? Anticipate buying/building a house soon, and I'm trying to hold off on buying any new gadgets until then. I plan to go all out and get whatever high-end stuff is available once we're in the new place.

 

-Mike

Call and ask Verizon to provision your ONT for Ethernet and you can use any router you want. If you have FiOS TV service, the Verizon router still needs to be connected to the MoCA network with your set top boxes for several features to work such as the guide and I believe on demand services.

 

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[joshnys8913]

I personally like Time Warner Cable, I have never had much of any big issues with them for Internet, we get better then advertised speeds here, even during peek hours.  The issue we always had with them is TV, even to this day we went back to the TV part of TWC and nothing has changed, its not any better then it used to be.  Kinda wish we stuck with our dish (for the TV part). 

[Fraydog]

I just went with a new cable modem and wireless router combination, the Airport Extreme with the Surfboard SB6141. Performance has been great so far. 

[jbom]

Moved from a Motorola to a Zoom 5341J and am pretty happy, aside from the fact I have to constantly type my password to log in. Other than that no issued

[Deval]

I personally like Time Warner Cable, I have never had much of any big issues with them for Internet, we get better then advertised speeds here, even during peek hours.  The issue we always had with them is TV, even to this day we went back to the TV part of TWC and nothing has changed, its not any better then it used to be.  Kinda wish we stuck with our dish (for the TV part). 

 

I really believe it is my building, that we have some crazy internet hogs.

[Deval]

Just received my Motorola SB6183, a month after ordering from Amazon.

 

What an amazing difference in throughput. I'm using an old Linksys E2500 dual band (2.4ghz and 5ghz), and I'm averaging 80-100mbps on the downlink. 

[WiWavelength]

I really believe it is my building, that we have some crazy internet hogs.

 

MOAR PORN!

 

 

AJ

[Deval]

MOAR PORN!

 

 

AJ

 

I believe it. Probably some A-class weirdos in the building.

[SeanK_]

If someone needs of a brand new unopen cable modem I have a D-Link DCM-301 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem for $56. I have no need for this and would rather sell it to someone here, then on eBay.

[coorsleftfield]

If someone needs of a brand new unopen cable modem I have a D-Link DCM-301 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem for $65. I have no need for this and would rather sell it to someone here, then on eBay.

They are $59.99 shipped from Amazon FYI.