upgrade to Rogers docsis 3 modem/router?

[Czech-mate]

Hello all,

I've had Rogers cable internet forever and am pretty happy with the service. I've had the same modem for about 10 years now (Webstar). It's paired with a DLink wifi router.

To maximize my download speeds, apparently I have to upgrade to the newer docsis 3 combination modem/router......what are your experience with the newer modem/router?

thank you!

 

[larry]

the only drawback to the combination modem/router is if it is located at cable ingress (in the basement), wireless signal may be weak upstairs. i've had a couple of bad ones over the past two years or so. the modem seems to fail intermittently. the only fix was a replacement. no issue once i called it in.

 

[cryptic]

i've had a couple of bad ones over the past two years or so. the modem seems to fail intermittently. the only fix was a replacement. no issue once i called it in.

Similar story here. First one I received was flaky -- had to hard reset the modem/router to fix it. After a few annoying days of this I called in and had mine replaced. No problems since.

 

[micheljrc]

Same here, Larry and Cryptic are bang on. Mine is set in the basement, however, in this case even if my laptop was in the basement right beside it, I could not get any decent speeds while connected. I had to switch back to Cisco and have had no issues ever since.