ARRIS - SURFboard 32 x 8 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem - White

Paired with Google Nest, the best wifi service I have ever experienced. I highly recommend this pair. I used to have cable company modem and could not have more than 3 devices connected at once without the frustration of lagging. With my Arris Surfboard and Google Nest pairing, I have had as much as 12 devices comnected at the same time and no lagging. I am so happy I no longer have to constantly get stressed about my wifi signal like before ^_^

I recently puchased a new complete home wi-fi system, but needed just one last final piece..that being the Arris Surfboard 3.0 cable modem, itself the best i have owned fast , efficient, great for streaming all wi-fi devices in my home..which is very important for streaming to my new 4k HDR SONY tv, and Alexa devices , laptops , tablets. So as you can see, a component like this to my wi-fi system makes a COMPLETE and great system..

This 32 channel modem was surely an upgrade to the supplied modem from our cable provider. We’ve had absolutely no connectivity issues since we’ve made the swap. Very satisfied!

The only challenge I had was with initial setup with Cox. Had to contact their tech support so they could allow the device on their network. After step, it was plug and play, and my internet problems have all but disappeared. When it’s time for a DOCSSIS 3.1 device, I’ll go back to Arris

Please research this modem the SB6190 on the web before you buy. This modem is based off the Intel Puma 6 chipset which suffers tremendously from latency. The latency caused my pages to load slower and video streaming to buffer and at times the modem to disconnect. Comcast had pushed the latest firmware to my modem on 2/24/2016 and disconnects were less frequent but the latency problems was there. I've include the some pictures testing the latency of the SB6190(The one with yellow, red. and mustard green blocks) and the latency of a Broadcom based modem that I purchased from Best Buy (almost all green block chart). STAY AWAY from anything based on the Intel Puma 6. GET any modem based on the Broadcom chipset, and save yourself some time and headache. While your at it pickup a replacement plan. I bought this modem a few months ago hoping to save on my internet bill but ended buying another modem because of how bad this one is.

So far so good to eliminate the cable modem rental free thanks to my friend for recommending me this and I couldn’t access my routers website for firmware updates with this now I can!

My goal was simple... to escape the cable company's Modem Rental Fee of $10 per month. So, I thought, I'll pick up a $25 modem and be the hero. But, after doing a little research, I learned that modems may have a bigger part to play in the health and performance of my home network than I had thought. I didn't even know that different models performed at different speeds and had different capabilities. So I asked my BB associate, which was the fastest he had in stock, and on that particular day, it was the ARRIS - SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem. I found that it cost much less than a year's rental for the cable company's modem, and it was substantially faster than it as well, which I hoped would help with all the streaming we seem to do these days. The Result... it helped enough with the media streaming that it allowed me to reduce my Internet Plan from 155 Mbps to 50 Mbps (Saving me $10 per month), with no noticeable loss in streaming performance, and only a negligible difference with Internet Surfing which most people would not notice. So, my ARRIS - SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem, is now saving me $10 a month in modem rental fees from the cable company, and is so fast, that it saved me another $10 on my Internet plan (50 Mbps vs 155 Mbps). This means that in less than 5 mos my Arris will pay for itself, then after that it will be saving me $20 a month, and I haven't given anything up to do it (except the cable company's modem). On top of that, the Arris saved me from spending $300+ to upgrade my 3 year-old router which I thought was the bottleneck in our home's streaming performance, but wasn't. AND, as an added Bonus, when I switched to the ARRIS - SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem, my all-in-one printer stopped loosing its network connection, which was a daily occurrence with the cable company's modem, and an incredible nuisance which wouldn't allow me to print or scan anymore. So, if you want to put money in your pocket, and stream, scan and print more reliably, replace your cable company rental with an ARRIS - SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem.

Works excellent right out of the box one of the best piece of equipment I ever bought