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| This is a discussion on Modem Upgrade within the Fred's House of Pancakes forums, part of the PriusChat Forums category; I just replaced my Motorola Surfboard SB4100 with a Motorola Surfboard SB6120. My download speed from speedtest.net went from 6.24 ... |
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09-03-2009, 08:55 PM
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| Cat Lovers Against the Bomb  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA
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Friends: 0 |  Modem Upgrade I just replaced my Motorola Surfboard SB4100 with a Motorola Surfboard SB6120. My download speed from speedtest.net went from 6.24 Mbps to 28.65 Mbps, and my upload speed went from 1.03 Mbps to 8.54 Mbps!!! I had done the test a few times in the past and a few times over the past couple of days, so the "before" number was not a fluke. I'm actually paying Comcast for 12 Mbps download, and I think 2 Mbps upload, but I'm not sure of the upload I'm supposed to get. |
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09-03-2009, 08:59 PM
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| jay_man_also  Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manassas, VA
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Friends: 3 | Re: Modem Upgrade That's a nice improvement. Switching to FiOS last December was my best improvement.  |
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09-03-2009, 10:19 PM
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| HSD PhD  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Queens, NY
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Friends: 59 | Re: Modem Upgrade Did you buy SB6120 yourself? |
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09-04-2009, 12:58 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Modem Upgrade I had a similar experience about a year and a half ago when we moved to a new house. The phone company furnished the modem, our local cable can't even provide TV  . Anyway the old Cisco modem wouldn't even link at the new house, so the phone guy comes out, looks at the modem, goes  , said "I'll be right back" and came back with a Seimans unit, instant link and about triple the speed and the new unit is with a 4 port switch and 802.11G access point. It seems the old Cisco unit was like rev. 1.0 for DSL modems.
__________________ In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. H. L. Mencken |
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09-04-2009, 10:36 AM
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Friends: 7 | Re: Modem Upgrade Daniel, Daniel, Daniel. Maybe someday you'll transcend this need of yours to define yourself by your material possessions. |
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Friends: 0 | Re: Modem Upgrade Quote:
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 Why, when I praise a gadget, do you insist that I am defining myself by my possessions? I like gadgets. They are cool. And when I find a great one, I let others know, in case they might be considering it. I think I am less defined by my possessions than most of the people around me. I define myself by the things I've done, and the things I do. I don't think you know me well enough to make accusations like the above. Edited to remove the link because even after I unchecked "embed media" and "parse links" PriusChat insisted on embedding a picture from Amazon.
__________________ Daniel Primary car: 100% Electric 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera. Estimated range at 55 mph: 81 miles total or 64 miles to 80% discharge. Top speed 70 mph. Secondary car: Zap Xebra SD, also 100% electric. 1.9 cents per mile. Range: 40 miles total, or 32 miles to 80% discharge. Top speed 35 mph. Faster downhill. Both EVs use electrons generated from water power. Gas guzzler for when I have to travel farther than 60 miles: 2004 Prius. "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." -- Emma Goldman "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think long and hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck Last edited by daniel; 09-04-2009 at 11:45 AM. | ||
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09-04-2009, 08:39 PM
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Friends: 12 | Re: Modem Upgrade I had a similar experience when Shaw upgraded my Terryon modem to the newer Motorola cable modem. Day and night difference |
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09-04-2009, 09:03 PM
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Friends: 22 | Re: Modem Upgrade I wish I could get that kind of speed just by upgrading my cable modem. Sadly I'm stuck on a 7/768 plan and the power boost for about $10 more is 15/1. Not really worth it for what I do. %90 of the time I cant download that fast from the servers anyway. I would love to have at least a 10Mb upload speed every once in a while. |
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