Motorola SURFboard® Wireless Cable Modem Gateway

Comments about Motorola SURFboard® Wireless Cable Modem Gateway:

We actually went to Radio Shack to purchase a cable modem. They vary in price. You can buy a inexpensive model for $35.00 dollars depending on what you are going to be using your computer for. The sales associate recommended the Motorola Surfboard Extreme (a little bit more money than we wanted to spend) but definitely a quality product.

It's three products in one device. It has the cable modem, dual band wireless, and a 4 port router (we have a cable telephone) all included. We liked the thought of everything all in one. I am not computer or electronically savvy at all... so the setup needs to be EASY, EASY, EASY!! It was SIMPLE!

Like the previous person giving a review, it took me about 30 minutes including syncing with the cable company and best of all NO MORE RENTAL FEE!! Although our fee was only $3.99 monthly (so it will take some time to recuperate our money) he was paying Comcast $7.00 a month. It's a nice looking device and looks great on our desk. We're very happy with the product.

As always, thank you Radio Shack for providing such quality merchandise.

Comments about Motorola SURFboard® Wireless Cable Modem Gateway:

After lengthy trials, Suddenlink Technical Support states:
"Suddenlink does not support Motorola 6580 modems. Customers should be directed to get a DIFFERENT MODEM. The firmware is not compatible."

Comments about Motorola SURFboard® Wireless Cable Modem Gateway:

I had it set up in 30 minutes, and most of that time was the modem getting coordinated with Comcast. No issues whatsoever. This is so much better than the cable modem I had from the cable company. After several years, it died, and when I researched and realized I could buy my own instead of paying $7 per month, it was a no-brainer. This model has the wireless built in, so thats one less thing on the desk.