20 Best Wifi Modem For Spectrum (2023 Updated)

After moving and having our internet service upgraded I finally decided to upgrade my 10 year old Arris 6241. I was looking at this modem and the Arris S33, but price played a role in selecting this modem as it had similiar specs and was cheaper.

I was a little reluctant at first after reading some reviews that complained about disconnects, but went ahead with the purchase and I don’t regret it. The initial setup with Comcast was a real pain, but that’s an Xfinity issue, not Motorola.

The instructions want you to visit a website, but I had issues getting it to accept the modem so when I called I could only ever get an automated system and never was able to speak to a live person. So much for good customer service, thanks Comcast.

Luckily after about 10 minutes I was able to get the modem working on the network. It restarted a few times on its own initially but I think this was due to updates from Comcast. My old Arris was only capable of download speeds of 275 mbps and my new service contract was for 600 mbps.

My first speedtest on this modem got me up to 705 mbps. I’ve tested it several times since and it remains rock solid around 700 mbps every time. It’s a little larger than the Arris modems, but it does seem to run a little cooler.

It gets warm, but no where near as hot as the Arris. The biggest plus of this modem over something like an Arris 8200 is the 2. 5 gbps port on the back. You won’t need link aggregation to get higher speeds and it gives you a little future proofing.

If you’re looking to upgrade your modem or simply buy your own to avoid the rental fee this one is a solid choice.

I use WOW ISP and I found that my older Linksys Cable Modem was bottle necking a bit. I also realized it was not a DOCSIS 3. 1 and would not allow for me to upgrade my internet speeds to the 1 gig service.

So I researched some options and found this Motorola fit all of the options I was looking for and the download speeds without breaking the bank. I loved my Linksys because it was easy to setup and compatible with my router.

I initially had some thoughts about switching to a Motorola cable modem, mainly setting up and quality. I’ve had some issues with other Motorola products in the past, so I did purchase an extended warranty with BestBuy for ease of mind.

Well, as of now, about a month old, it was very easy to setup and go. And my speeds have dramatically improved, even during the heavy usage hours. I would typically get 50-75 mbps download speeds and now I can get double to triple that consistently.

And so far, there has not been any hiccups. This cable modem does not come with WIFI. I intentionally purchased this without WIFI. Units with WIFI are roughly about $50 more. I would recommend this unit if you are just looking for a high speed cable modem.

And just a note, I am a basic user and not an electronics expert.

This is not a cheap router but it is extremely robust, and has a long range for wide coverage. It covers my entire 3 story house with all three wireless networks. Did not score quite a high as a couple of other AC3200 routers on the 5gHz band speed wise.

But it has not been noticable. Buy this router if you have a lot of devices spread over a large area.

Must have high speed internet to access full speed potential. Anything below 500 not worth buying. But of you’re in the 500 to gig, its a must have. So far very reliable.

The Nighthawk C7800 delivers incredible WIFI speeds! Even the Ethernet is much faster and it was a snap to connect. Only took 15 minutes.

This modem died after 8 months. Hours spent on phone with ISP who kindly did everything possible to help despite it not being their modem. Then hours spent with Netgear, who told me modem was fine and problem was with router.

Called Asus for supposed router issue. Wanted to charge me 90 dollars for extended service plan which is about 20 dollars below price of new router. Had them email me help link and fixed router myself.

The next day, no internet again. Bought new Netgear router. Called ISP provider again and told me everything fine on their end. Called Netgear for help with new router. 2 hours later. still only 40-100 mbps download speeds with ISP plan for 400 mbps.

Another 2 hours rebooting Netgear modem and signal from ISP. This morning: no internet. Now purchasing new Motorola modem, returning Netgear router. After extensive research there is a bad chip in netgear cm700 modem.

Avoid all modems with Intel Puma chip!!!.

While Internet providers will supply you with one of their modems, they’ll charge you for the privilege, with an equipment rental fee tacked onto your bill that adds up over time. At Comcast, for example, customers pay as much as $14 a month in equipment rental feels.

That’s $168 over a full year. Since you can get a great modem for $140 or less, you can pay off your modem purchase in less than a-year with the money you’ll save on your internet bill. And buying the right modem means you can get one that takes advantage of the internet speeds your ISP provides.

So far the NETGEAR Cable Modem (32×8) DOCSIS 3. 0 (CM700) provided great speeds , easy control and integration / activation. I definitely recommend this modem over other , specially coming from an Arris modem that was overheating and causing spotty internet connections.

I did a fair amount of research before picking this modem up. I needed a DOCSIS 3. 0 modem that would work with my data plan (~300mb/s through Xfinity). I settled on the CM600 because of its chipset (other NETGEAR modems are using a chipset that has known vulnerabilities and technical shortcomings) and price-point.

This modem isn’t going to handle gigabyte internet, so this isn’t a good solution for shoppers who want to “future-proof” their internet service in preparation for multiple-screen 4K streaming. But for someone like me who’s fine sticking to 1080p and some minor gaming, this little box works just fine.

Setup was mostly automated and a breeze. I *am* having a technical problem with the modem, but it’s not the modem’s fault – the signal coming into my home is a little too strong and it’s causing the modem not to bond to multiple upstream channels.

Once I have a tech out here to install a dampener, I’m sure the CM600 will be back to working at its full capacity.

After much research I decided to take a chance and buy this modem to use with my optimum/cablevision/altice internet service. People on another popular internet site said this would not work. However they were purchasing new/renewed units.

I decided to buy this from a Staples store. The problem is that the mac addeess of the device gets registered to your account. You shouldnt be buying cable modems used since they are already linked to another account, even if that account is no longer active.

Low and behold it works and reaches my 300mbps im paying for. This has a broadcom chipset and not the intel puma which is problematic. Paired with my unifi gateway router and wireless access point I have a very strong internet connection that does not drop.

I bought this because renting at $13/mo in one year would pay this one off fast and I don’t have very fast Internet and don’t need much fancy stuff. However I immediately found the WiFi speeds were 25 even if I was 5ft from it, slower if I moved away.

Changing channels is useless. So I disabled the radios and connected my old NETGEAR WiFi router and it went to Comcast’s contract speed 100M, same exact WiFi configuration. No amount of tweaking over the last year has gotten it past 50M.

Hardwired is fine. A lot of people complained but there is no solution. Firmware is managed through Comcast so no luck there. If you want fast WiFi stay away from this cheap one. I like my NETGEAR stuff which is why I bought this product, but this was a total disappointment.

They keep pushing Nighthawk but fool me once.

I’ve had this router for a little over a year and the only description I could come up with is unreliable. About 3 times a week my wife completely dhuts down and I have to reset all of my devices. I have talked with my provider and they said it was a router issue.

Called netgear and they told me since it’s been over 90 days I’d have to pay over $40 just to have a representative help me with the issue. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I will definitely not be buying another netgear product in the near future.

Buyer BEWARE.

I bought this cable modem 9 months ago. At first it seemed like a great router with great features. It’s very fast and handles lots of wifi devices at the same time. My previous one had a limit of 20.

There are tons of customizations and I love the security features such as how easy they make MAC address filtering. However, the trouble started after 7 months when it would no longer save backup configuration files.

Next, when I added wifi cameras I discovered that the strength of the wifi signal is much weaker than my old router. Finally, last night, a very slight power glitch killed it. I did a factory reset, then discovered that the configuration files I had managed to store from many months ago don’t work at all, and I’m still trying to get the thing back to the way it was before the glitch.

In trying to do this, it randomly hangs and refuses to store or load configuration files. It’s impossible to reload or upgrade the firmware; this can only be done through my cable company. Now my son is forced to take remote learning classes in his college on a flakey router that can die at any time.

If I had any idea this thing would only live less than a year I would have spent the extra money and bought a better brand. Stay away from this router, it will disappoint you!.

I was tired of the constant IFFY connections that Comcast equipment offered over a myriad of years. I am a systems engineer, and network specialist, so I decided to spend the money to take more control.

Figuring that it would take 9 months to recoup the cost, I bought the TC-W7960 and it was an easy install. It served me well into a year after purchase, then I moved to a different city, still under Comcast/Xfinity.

The re-install went just as smooth, and I was off and running. My network consists of the W7960 with a connected 8 port switch, and a RAID SATA network drive array along with 2 printers. Wireless was handling the laptops, tablets and phones very well, and I used a network extender to optimize the streaming to my HTPC.

Actually ended up buying a TP-Link PA7020 Gigabit powerline adapter kit to take care of the HTPC connection. All in all, I was shocked at the ease of installing each component, and everything plays well together.

After this experience, I will definitely recommend TP-LINK products to my small business clients as well as home setups. Keep up the good work, just work on improving the W7960 software for those of us who are tech savvy advanced experts.

I’ve been using the device for a few weeks now and it works fine for me. I did recently start to experience a slight delay while trying to open a few apps on my phone over wifi and was concerned. I figured I’ll try to change the channel that the router broadcasts over (1-11) to see if that does the trick.

The quick installation guide it came with tells you how to customize your network, and so I followed the instruction, reached the menu to manage things, tried out different channels and found one that worked better for me and the issue is cleared up.

For those unaware, sometimes neighbors wifi signals that are also broadcasting over the 2. 4 ghz band on the same channel as your network can interfere with your signal. this is why customer service usually tells people to first try changing the channel.

This device performs as good as other devices I’ve used in the past, with the several devices I have connected, streaming, etc, at the same time. The Wifi signal should be strong enough for most homes I would think.

So far so good, It’s worth the purchase, if not satisfied Walmart allows up to 90 day return. ;).

So I made the call and switched over to this modem with my carrier. It fired right up and I was online in seconds. I have not had any issues at all with this modem when using hard-wire to my devices.

I’m currently getting my full web speed of 67 Mbps down and 4. 32 Mbps up. So it does provide me with what I pay for. The WiFi works fine when closer to the modem but this modem is located in a detached garage and when in the house we get only one bar and if we go to the front of the house we lose connection to the WiFi, (our garage is behind our house) In the back bedrooms we get one bar which allows us to get online but performance is slow and frustrating.

This is one WiFi modem that just doesn’t work for our home. If this modem was located centrally in our home though I bet it would work perfect. Near the garage it provides full bandwidth and a pleasant experience when surfing the web via WiFi.

I need more range though so for me it is a no go. Solid modem, weak wifi in my situation. It is going back in the box for sure.