TWC and Zoom

**PP Mguire** · 02-13-2013, 08:14 PM

Does anybody here have experience trying out new modems with Time Warner? All I want is a good DOCSIS 3 modem when I get my TWC set back up. Some looking around shows that TWC can be *****es about it.

**brokenwave** · 02-13-2013, 08:27 PM

the box says it work with most cable company and i had a 2.0 one works with comcast

**PP Mguire** · 02-13-2013, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by brokenwave

the box says it work with most cable company and i had a 2.0 one works with comcast

I've done a lot of looking the past 2 to 3 months on modems and it seems Comcast and TWC are very different about the use of your own modem.

I know it says that, but one review says no use on TWC and some Google also says the same thing. Fox suggested his Surfboard but all I can find is the 6121 available locally.

Anybody have experience with that? Seems the only difference is the 6121 has 4 downstreams vs the 8 on the 6141.

**foxmobouser** · 02-13-2013, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by brokenwave

the box says it work with most cable company and i had a 2.0 one works with comcast

each cabel company has an approved modem list you can look up if a modem is not there it most likely wont work

some time ago TWC top of the line modems were the motorola sb6141 and some wifi model which was not so good.

some modems are hard to find because the companies want you renting them, mine was only available through 1-2 sellers on amazon.

**PP Mguire** · 02-13-2013, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by foxmobouser

each cabel company has an approved modem list you can look up if a modem is not there it most likely wont work

some time ago TWC top of the line modems were the motorola sb6141 and some wifi model which was not so good.

some modems are hard to find because the companies want you renting them, mine was only available through 1-2 sellers on amazon.

It appears Walmart carries the 6580 for a little more AND after Google I found their list.

http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/re...our-modem.html

All 3 Surfboard modems listed here are on there including the Zoom. I think I'm going to get the SBG6580 and if it works good wirelessly I'll sell my E4200.

**foxmobouser** · 02-13-2013, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by PP Mguire

It appears Walmart carries the 6580 for a little more AND after Google I found their list.

http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/re...our-modem.html

All 3 Surfboard modems listed here are on there including the Zoom. I think I'm going to get the SBG6580 and if it works good wirelessly I'll sell my E4200.

yea the 6580 as I recall is the one with the integrated wifi no? folks were having issues with it and many were recommending having a standalone router instead of an integrated one.

The sb6141 is a good one if not the best and alot of the features are overkill to what is offered and serve more like a future proof guarantee.

**PP Mguire** · 02-13-2013, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by foxmobouser

yea the 6580 as I recall is the one with the integrated wifi no? folks were having issues with it and many were recommending having a standalone router instead of an integrated one.

The sb6141 is a good one if not the best and alot of the features are overkill to what is offered and serve more like a future proof guarantee.

Yea the 41 was rated the top modem of 2012, thing is I can only get the 21 from Walmart and it only has 4 downstreams opposed to the 8 in both the 41 and 6580.

The 6580 has 2.4 and 5GHz radios and is N. That is better than what I'm currently on so can't be that bad. Googling right now to see how technical the GUI gets. Idk why but something is telling me to make sure I get a modem with 8 downstreams. I plan on getting the 100Mb package later on and the house we want to move into has the same ISP options as here.