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Originally Posted by New Englander
Would upgrading from a docsis 3.0 modem to the new docsis 3.1 increase my internet speed?
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The short answer is no.
The longer, answer is, it depends. Do you want speeds in excess of 1 gigabit? Are you willing to pay for that? Is it available where you live(extremely doubtful). If the above is true, it could make your internet speed faster. The fact is I don't think any provider is offering speeds above 1gbit and you probably are only paying for some tier well below that. So, in reality, just upgrading your modem will not increase your speed because there's a lot more to it.
Chances are you have an inferior router or router/modem combo device that's probably not great. Fixing that would probably help your speed.
The other thing is, most people think they have a slow internet connection when the problem is more likely to be the router, WiFi placement or local WiFi congestion.