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Originally Posted by PoolBrews

The Xfinity modem is no better than Motorola, Arris, or any other brand. Xfinity modems are built by the same folks that sell the 3rd party modems. Depending on when you get one, it might have been built by Motorola, Arris, or any of another dozen companies.

The outage yesterday was caused by a fiber cut and impacted most of central/southern Florida. It didn't matter what modem you had, you were going to be out.

At $14/month, you can pay for a new modem within 3-4 months (6-8 if you go high end). Just make sure it's the latest DOCSIS supported by Xfinity (I think it's still at 3.0), and look at the Channel Bonding. The more channels available, the more speed supported by the modem. It's usually stated as 16x4, 32x8, etc. The first number is downstream (download) channels, and the 2nd is upstream channels. The newest modems generally support 32x8. If you're not paying for 1GB internet, you don't need the 32x8, but it doesn't hurt.

Technically speaking I will take your word because it sounds like you know what you are talking about.

Actual experience is as I stated. Since I got the xFi modem I have had no outages or buffering until yesterday which was a cut cable. So if this was Let’s Make A Deal I’ll take Door #2 Monte for the Xfinity Modem @ $14.00 a month complete with no headaches like there was with the top drawer Motorola Unit. When I sit to use the computer 💻 or to stream a television show that’s all I want. I don’t want to be on the Geek Squad. I’m happy with my setup.