What is a decent DOCSIS3.0 modem with WiFi?
What is a decent DOCSIS3.0 modem with WiFi?
My son is going to be a freshman at college and we put a deposit down on an apartment which will assign him an arbitrary roommate when they get there in the beginning of August.
I have to make a choice if he will use his unlimited data (but tethering is limited to 7GB) cellphone plan, or if they will get cable.
To get price comparisons, I started calling around for WiFi access for them (to compare against the cellphones used as hotpots).
Comcast tells me the Internet is $45/month for 25Mbps down and 5Mbps up, $50 for the installation, and $10/month for the modem rental, with no taxes or surcharges (all of which might likely be split with the unknown roommate).
When I asked if we could bring our own modem they said that any DOCSIS3.0 modem will work, so, I googled and found plenty.
I pretty much known absolutely nothing about modems, but, I do know routers a little so, I'm assuming I want an integral 802.11n 4-port wireless router (unless there is some advantage to a separate router?).
Maybe some of you are on cable? What do you look for in a DOCSIS3.0 modem?
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by D. F. Manno in Wireless Networking
