[ale] Xfinity Modem -- lease or buy recoomendations

Calvin Harrigan calvin.harrigan at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 16:44:15 EDT 2015


On 9/28/2015 1:29 PM, Solomon Peachy wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 01:14:07PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>> I had a DOCSIS modem long ago, before xfinity.. I helped my daughter buy
>> one a few years back, we went to Best buy & bought the cheapest one they
>> had. She never had a problem..
>>
>> http://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/list-of-approved-cable-modems/
> http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/
>
> You can plug your service speed in, and it'll show you the minimal
> equipment needed.
>
> I'd get the Motorola/Arris SB6141, they're reasonably priced ($90) and
> will support all but the highest speed tiers (ie >=250Mbps).  The 6121
> ($70 new) is cheaper but maxes out at 100Mbps.
>
> One caveat, if you're a business class customer and want static IPs, you
> *must* rent a modem from Comcast.  (Go ahead, ask me how I learned this.
> sigh..)
>
>   - Solomon
>
>
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Another recommendation for the Motorola/Aris 61XX.
I was able to set up mine without any help from comcast.
Plug and play.  When you first connect it gives you a setup page from 
the head office, you put in your info, boom, internets.
Bought mine from Target I believe.
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