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This ARRIS SURFboard SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed cable modem delivers 8-channel downstream data speeds up to 343.1 Mbps for fast Internet connection. The internal filter helps minimize interference for enhanced performance.
 
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Great modem for Time Warner Cable users.
on November 30, 2013
Posted by: sillycar
from Rock City Falls, NY
I use it in...:Small home
I purchased this modem so that I could stop Time Warner Cable from charging me a monthly fee for their modem. I also purchased a Netgear Nighthawk wireless router to use with it because there is not a built in wireless router in this modem. Motorola does offer another model that has a wireless router built in, but it did not get great reviews and my family is starting to use more and more wireless devices lately, so I decided that a robust wireless router was in order. Also, this motorola modem gets fantastic reviews, while the model with the wireless router built in gets a fair amount of negative reviews. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from buying that model, I'm merely stating why I went with this model. This modem was a snap to set up and start using. I did have to call Time Warner cable and give them the MAC address of the modem so that they could set it up to work with their service, and I had heard that it could be a nightmare (half an hour to an hour on the phone people were telling me), but it only took about 15 minutes for them to get it all set for me. Combine that with the 15 minutes it took me to unpack and connect everything myself and it was up and running in about a half an hour. Once that was done, the modem has been working fantastically ever since. I have had zero issues since installing this modem. As for speed, speed tests (using Time Warners speed test and OOKLA speedtest) before and after installing the modem were about the same. I have Road Runner Turbo, and I think Time Warner has control over the speed, so I can't really say if this modem would be faster for someone who uses a different ISP than Time Warner. My speeds have never been an issue for me. I will say also that we are running more and more devices in my household, and I have not noticed any slowdown in our network using this modem. The one negative I listed in the "what's not so great" section at the beginning is one that I noticed another reviewer wrote and it was one of the only negative things that I saw anyone say, so I'm reiterating it in my review here. The lights on the modem are VERY bright (i've included a photo in the darkness to give an idea of how bright) and the bottom light does always keep blinking (I've read that this may not be the case with certain ISPs, but with mine it blinks constantly), so if you're going to use this modem in your bedroom, you may want to figure a way to put the modem in a cabinet or find some other way to block the bright lights, but for me, I have installed the modem in my basement over my tool bench and I think it's pretty cool to have the bright lights. So for me it's really not an issue, but I'm writing about it to be thorough. I think this modem is great and I have been using it for about a month and a half so far. Also, I entered that I use this in a small home.
My Best Buy number: 2158318372
What's great about it: Easy to set up.
What's not so great: Bright lights can't be dimmed to my knowledge...
I would recommend this to a friend!
 
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