Which modem?

[ripcord]

All your problems solved in one convenient location...

https://www.astound.com/support/internet/bring-your-own-modem/#modem

Edit:
Doh! Quadro Pete was faster in the draw.

 

[DCDG]

they charge you a $12 equipment fee? thats absurd.

 

[Rand]

Eero is my recommendation. They can act alone, more than one will link up to the base like a repeater or mesh network and can be placed throughout the house and outside to create a total surround WiFi network.

https://www.amazon.com/eero-reliable-gigabit-connect-Coverage/dp/B08ZK2BHP2

Thats a router not a modem.
ARRIS SURFboard S33 should last awhile.
until your cable goes high split

Or get something high split compatible for future proofing such as the
netgear cm3000

 

[PandaBear]

About cable modem, these kind of recommendations are basically always about which provider you are using and whether they already EOL / grandfather certain models.

The way cable modem work is the modem's own firmware would just boot and wait for the provider to send a copy of their own firmware (for the chipset, not for your particular modem model) and setting to run with their network. The responsibility of your modem is just to boot and make sure it does not overheat and crash. You the owner has no control over anything else other than selecting which chipset modem you want and install it.

Between all the modems out there that's good brand and allowed for your plan, just pick the highest review out there with the lowest power if you don't care about the router or wifi part of it. I personally don't like mixing router and modem myself because I found their reception not as good and I can't place it where I want for best reception, or features missing (i.e. Eeros don't let me put in DMZ easily, or has feature on 3rd party dynamic DNS without their own subscription, but it lets someone remote control it with cell phone app. For most people it is a good router.)

Get the latest Docsis with biggest number of upstream and downstream channel for a good deal is my recommendation. You have less competition for channels if your loop has congestion due to older equipment only able to work on fewer lower channels if your local loop is congested. It is likely going to last longer before your ISP deem it obsolete or grand fathered. I don't think there are low quality Chinesium modem that ISP would take on like consumer buying their own cheap low quality routers. Even the worst modem sold in the US would have to make the ISP happy or they would ban it and the manufacturers not recouping their corner cutting.

@Pablo you need to find out what plan you have and how many upstream channel it takes. You may need x8 or it would be overkill for you if you don't plan to upgrade to higher speed plan. I was using a cheap Arris (SB6122 I think, just a cheap 3.0 16x4 forgot which model) because I am on a cheap slow plan until I found a cheaper one the ISP force me to use their free modem. Fine by me if it is free.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

My Arris SB8200 has been great with Cox service unlike the S33 that I had tried before it.

Alas the SB8200 isn't on your ISP's approved list.

 

[Rob_Roy]

I have a router wired to my existing modem

My modem is old

Astound broadband said my modem is ancient. I need to check what they recommend. I just asked AI what are good modems with Astound

Does Astoud offer a modem compatibility list?

 

[SShooterZ]

Arris and Motorola have always made good modems. I would be comfortable running either, and have, with great results.

Check with your ISP and see what they list as compatible and go from there.

 

[Rand]

Should get a docsis 3.1 as a minimum..
bonus for
High/mid split compatible for future proofing. (symmetrical cable speeds similar to fiber needs this upgrade ie 500up/500down)

 

[Lawnman23]

My Arris SB8200 has been great with Cox service unlike the S33 that I had tried before it.

Alas the SB8200 isn't on your ISP's approved list.

Technically that list is just "Popular modems that work great with Astound", doesn't say those are the only ones approved.

I have a SB8200 that I used for the last few years of my Xfinity service, great modem, no issues. I have since happily switched to fiber.

 

[danstraylee]

Starlink with built in modem

 

[Saturnguy]

First, there is the modem.
Connects you to the outside cable / fiber,
sometimes (usually) comes with built in WiFi.

Turn off the WiFI channels on this modem,
and connect another WiFi only device through gig ethernet cable.

This will reduce the load on the modem,
and because the WiFi software on a lot of these modems are old,
you can get a 5g or 6g WiFi with recent software / hardware…

I have a G1100 Fios modem, hooked to a Linksys Velop WHW03V2, with two child nodes, giving me front and back yard coverage…

 

[alarmguy]

There you have it, right from your internet provider recommendation list is one model each from two companies, Motorola and Arris.
My vote - Arris S33 / however crazy expensive and overkill (you don’t mention your service, internet speed plan) but I doubt very much you have over 1gb service?

If not hands down I would check out the Arris8200 mentioned by @Bottom_Feeder and not give it any further thought

As far as the brand Arris, I’ve always used them in our last home, always purchased our own. NEVER RENTED

New home is fiber, different story

 

[Pablo]

There you have it, right from your internet provider recommendation list is one model each from two companies, Motorola and Arris.
My vote - Arris S33 / however crazy expensive and overkill (you don’t mention your service, internet speed plan) but I doubt very much you have over 1gb service?

If not hands down I would check out the Arris8200 mentioned by @Bottom_Feeder and not give it any further thought

1.5G on a good day. S33 Ordered. Thanks!

 

[alarmguy]

1.5G on a good day. S33 Ordered. Thanks!

wow! I would have never thought that speed, and on cable…always imagined you out in the middle of some remote place in the woods

 

[Pablo]

wow! I would have never thought that speed, and on cable…always imagined you out in the middle of some remote place in the woods

Kinda sorta and oddly our road has a trunk with power back up. Not sure why. That said we didn't have an outage in 5+ years, then in the last two months or so our old modem started having intermittent issues......and here we are.

 

[shortyb]

Had an older Arris 6141 8x4 running ancient DOCSIS 3.0 protocol. It was very slow and the bottleneck when I upped speeds from my provider (still have cable). Got a HiTron CODA56 32x8 DOCSIS 3.1 and it blazes up and down now. Spectrum 1G.

 

[Lawnman23]

1.5G on a good day. S33 Ordered. Thanks!

What router do you have?

That modem has a 2.5G port but if your router only has a 1G WAN port, the most throughput you will achieve is 940 Mbps. Doesn’t matter how fast the ISP service is, the 1G WAN port will be the bottleneck.

If your router has a 2.5G WAN port, you can disregard my caveat above.