Motorola Surfboard SB5101 Cable Modem
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Customer Review: Agree With Other Reviewers
Summary: 5 Stars
Needing an speed upgrade on my internet connection, I turned in my Verizon Wireless broadband card for the local cable company broadband connection. [Less mobile, but more agile.] After browsing around Amazon for a while, I decided to give the Motorola Surfboard a try based on the positive reviews, availability in my area and reasonable prices.
My cable guy commended me on my choice when he showed up to do the install. He spent more time laying out my wiring, disconnecting the unused dish connection to the cable company's connection and doing some adjustments at the junction box than plugging in my modem and testing it on my laptop. When plugged in, it fired up pretty quickly, acquired a signal and was working within 30-40 seconds of being powered up.
Thanks to all the other 5-star raters that were spot-on in their reviews of this product!
I have paired up my modem with the D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router and they seem to work great together. Although i've been lazy to use it the last few days, the stand-by button is a cool feature. I've had my connection up and running for about a week now with no complaints!
Customer Review: Its still bumpin, can't go wrong - UPDATE: it quit Bumpin
Summary: 5 Stars
Update: on 1/9/2011, my Modem didn't power on any more. I don't know if it was an adapter, or the modem itself (the replacement SB101u adapter didn't work). However, for $30, I got my money's worth. See my new review for the Motorola SURFboard SB5101U DOCSIS 2.0 Cable Modem - RoHS.
Bought this in 2009, used, $30. When Comcast upped the price from $3 to $5, they also continue to up the price in lieu of raising the price of internet (and this Modem is a better model than what they were charging me for - an ambit).
It works forever. Installation was tuff, cause the reps kept giving me a hard time over the return of the old one, and the serial number of the new one, but I was eventually credited.
Otherwise, perfect for Internet. Save $7 per month, extra franchise fees (they add those for everything you have - each service, each premium channel, each piece of equipment), dump the phone if you have it - and save at least $90 per year.
Customer Review: Solid Iron
Summary: 5 Stars
Motorola makes solid iron and this product lives up to that reputation.
I have had Motorola cable modems (along with phones and radios) for many years now and never had a single problem. Eventually noticed I was not getting the advertised speeds from Comcast and called customer service, thinking there might be an issue with the line. I was told that my old SB4100 modem did not support the higher-speed standard and I would need to upgrade to get those higher speeds. I automatically turned to another Motorola, this time the SB5101.
Changeover was truly painless. Plug in the new one, call Comcast, give them the identifying information and I was up and running within minutes. I recall there was a small glitch when my computer was not found by Comcast. It turned out it was necessary to power off and on the Linksys router also. I immediately noticed the increase in speed which, according to the various online meters, doubled.
I have now had the modem almost one year, have had no problems with it at all and continue to cruise at advertised speeds.
Customer Review: Motorola Surfboard SB5101 Cable Modem
Summary: 5 Stars
Motorola Surfboard SB5101 Cable Modem arrived within a week of ordering, free of shipping charges. The unit was very easy to install. I called my Internet ISP Comcast, after installing the unit to give them the required modem ID information and within a few minutes the unit was up and running. The lights and lettering on the front vertical panel are clearly visible. I also appreciate the button on the top that when pressed cuts the Internet traffic to the computer. This is a nice security feature. When pressed again, the Internet session resumes. I have a VOIP phone and I thought that cutting the Internet signal with that button would disable the phone modem as well. But, that did not happen. The phone works fine even with the modem button is pressed to stop the Internet signal. The upload-download speed has improved much compared to my old Comcast modem. I am no longer paying the monthly modem rental to Comcast. With the Amazon's bargain price, my break-even is just 10 months. Overall, I like this unit.Customer Review: This Motorola modem flies!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, I finally decided to return my rented Motorola Surfboard SB-4220 modem that I rented for 6 years. Not because of slowdowns, but to finally own my own and not pay a monthly $3.00 fee to Comcast every month. I always thought my download speed of 6336 kbps, and upload speed of 312 kbps were within normal range. That was until I bought this Motorola Surfboard SB-5101 modem and ran speedtests from the exact same test website that I used for the rented modem.
Let me tell you... my download speed has surged to new heights with this modem. I now have download speeds of 16893 kbps, and uploads at 1221 kbps. That's more than doubled here. I should have bought this modem years ago.
Installation was a breeze too. Just a phone call to Comcast to give the MAC address and the serial number of the router. I was up & running in 15 minutes.
So if anyone else is thinkig about returning your rented modem, I can attest that this SB-5101 flies to new heights for me...