Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | I saw these at Compuplus last week
Pretty cheap, makes you wonder how Cablevision can justifying their $300 we actually don't want anyone to sign up activation fee.
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madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
 ·Cox HSI
| yeah i just ordered my 6120, for $97 with 2 day shipping, The modem was only $80 which is very good for a new docsis 3.0 modem. Hell i was just in bestbuy other day, and they still are selling the sb5101/5102 for $80... So you tell me if its a good deal or not  |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by Bit  :Pretty cheap, makes you wonder how Cablevision can justifying their $300 we actually don't want anyone to sign up activation fee. Yep because most modems will make many times their cost to the cable company in rental fees. So no "activation" fee is needed. |
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Anonymous
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join:2004-06-01
IA | reply to Bit
They can't justify it. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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·Comcast
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said by BF69 :said by Bit :Pretty cheap, makes you wonder how Cablevision can justifying their $300 we actually don't want anyone to sign up activation fee. Yep because most modems will make many times their cost to the cable company in rental fees. So no "activation" fee is needed. And the activation fee isn't for activating the modem. You can buy and use the SB6120 without a fee if you just use it on the regular speed tiers. The activation fee is if you go on one of the Docsis 3 speed tiers.
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by TKJunkMail :said by BF69 :said by Bit :Pretty cheap, makes you wonder how Cablevision can justifying their $300 we actually don't want anyone to sign up activation fee. Yep because most modems will make many times their cost to the cable company in rental fees. So no "activation" fee is needed. And the activation fee isn't for activating the modem. You can buy and use the SB6120 without a fee if you just use it on the regular speed tiers. The activation fee is if you go on one of the Docsis 3 speed tiers. That still doesn't justify it. |
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klcoll
join:2002-12-22
Chandler, AZ
| not news!
I bought one at Fry's in Tempe AZ 3-4 months ago, Moto is months behind with this "news". At the time it was $119.95, they've since dropped the price after they no doubt gathered dust initially. Nobody locally is even offering DOCSIS 3.0 yet. I talked Cox into provisioning the thing, even though they don't officially support it and the tech had no option on their system to provision it. I coaxed him into calling it a 5120 on their network, and it has worked fine since, even bonding 2 upstream channels. Speed is about 25 mbits, same as I was getting on my old cheeseball Linksys modem. |
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limegrass69
join:2008-05-28
Cross River, NY
·Cablevision
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Re: I saw these at Compuplus last week
said by Anonymous :They can't justify it. They don't need to justify it. You need to justify it to yourself. If you can't, then stay with the standard or Boost tiers. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Useless for me.
SE Cable leases the modem for free, so no need for me to buy one. |
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madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
·Cox HSI
1 edit | reply to klcoll
Re: not news!
said by klcoll :I bought one at Fry's in Tempe AZ 3-4 months ago, Moto is months behind with this "news". At the time it was $119.95, they've since dropped the price after they no doubt gathered dust initially. Nobody locally is even offering DOCSIS 3.0 yet. I talked Cox into provisioning the thing, even though they don't officially support it and the tech had no option on their system to provision it. I coaxed him into calling it a 5120 on their network, and it has worked fine since, even bonding 2 upstream channels. Speed is about 25 mbits, same as I was getting on my old cheeseball Linksys modem. No, they do support the 6120 now.. please check there modem support page again. it has been added there for about 2 weeks or so now. So Cox can provision them modems now. |
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bobytt
join:2007-07-17
Miami Beach, FL | question
I was wondering is this modem help for better speeds and work on older docsis version? Any advantage if i am still at 2.0 and use this modem? |
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madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
·Cox HSI
1 edit | said by bobytt :I was wondering is this modem help for better speeds and work on older docsis version? Any advantage if i am still at 2.0 and use this modem? yes this modem is backwards compatible, and will work on docsis 1.x and 2.0. As for better speeds, if your area is using channel bonding yet then yes most likely, and you might see some speed increases if your provider uses powerboost or whatever. But there is no promise to faster speeds till your running on a d3 area, but this modem will be good for the next 5 years atleast. |
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
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·Cox HSI
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Re: I saw these at Compuplus last week
Their marketing department is selling a tier their network can't really support, thus they have to price it so high that few would sign up. The insane activation gouge will stop a lot of people from signing up while still allowing their marketing department to splash nations fastest internet service, 101Mb for only $99 advertising all over the place.
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bobytt
join:2007-07-17
Miami Beach, FL | reply to madden2k5
Re: question
Thanks. I have no idea what my provider is using. I am with atlantic broadband. In Miami Beach |
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Ryokurin
join:2008-12-05
Atlanta, GA | slow pr staff?
I guess they needed to post something to show progress as I remember seeing this unit sold at Fry's around here like in January. Basically any place that Comcast started their upgrades in the area. |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
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Re: I saw these at Compuplus last week
As long as there are no Fry's locations east of Ohio, I refuse to consider them a *national* retailer. (E-tailer, yes; but not retailer.) If Moto were serious, I would have suggested either MicroCenter or, better yet, Best Buy. (Motorola's existing SB-51xx cable modems are already resold through both national retailers and their websites.) Apparently, they are still having availability issues, since they are still resorting to spotty retail availability. |
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | With only 21 locations total, Microcenter is hardly national either.
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
| Save your money...
...Moto can keep their 6120 modem. After 3 of them and constant drops of sync and drops of channel bonding, I got tired of it and moved to an S/A modem. The SB6120 over heats too much and causes too many problems.. I personally don't think it's ready for prime time and certainly not for a consumer to want to buy it on their own.
I think I'd wait for a revision, second model, or S/A to release theirs to market before dropping a penny on this and owning the problem. |
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madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
·Cox HSI
| said by fiberguy :...Moto can keep their 6120 modem. After 3 of them and constant drops of sync and drops of channel bonding, I got tired of it and moved to an S/A modem. The SB6120 over heats too much and causes too many problems.. I personally don't think it's ready for prime time and certainly not for a consumer to want to buy it on their own. I think I'd wait for a revision, second model, or S/A to release theirs to market before dropping a penny on this and owning the problem. Well i think what your talking about was fixed with lastest firmware, it was a firmware issue, and not what yoru thinking it was. Alot of people was having these dropouts on connection and freezing of connection, and after they released the lastest firmware.. this issue was addressed. Btw Motorola has always been known for good quality modems, and i dont think this problem has anything to do with the modem itself, its just a bad firmware they used to release the modem with. |
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Mike Wolf
join:2009-05-24
Beachwood, NJ
| Simply Amazing
I have never had an issue with this modem, so I don't know why some would say otherwise 
Anyway found this modem online for $84.98
»www.provantage.com/motorola-5451···901Y.htm |
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