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[Signals] How does my install look?

It looks perfect. Good job. With winter coming, you'll want to make sure your connections are wrench tight, not just finger tight the way many techs leave them. Finger tight is an invitation to corrosion, ingress, and loss of signal.

Our tech was nice . He charged us only $15 and almost had to replace our line to our house(He had to test it since it was cut for a couple of years by AT&T). He ran a whole new line from where the Comcast line comes through our basement into our office area. He also didn't install any bloatware on my system

that's some low jitter
signals look nice
too bad only 1 upstream channel tho

I had 1ms jitter with U-verse too.

Comparisons for latency:
U-verse:
East Coast:26
Mid West:48
West Coast: 98
Comcast:
East Coast:40ish
Mid West:44
West Coast:102

Now to figure out what modem I want to buy lol. I can't turn off the dang wireless on the gateway since it's right by me.

Also funny to note:

Our installer got an ice cream from the ice cream truck that came by :P. When I got back to my computer my U-verse email was opened at yahoo mail LOL.

I was thinking of getting the SBG6580. How is it as a gateway? I know gateways are hated around here but I wouldn't really be using the wireless function(I want it turned off) and just want wired to mainly one computer.

then why get one?!?!

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Because just about every AIO Modem/Router device from Comcast is a huge pile of crap for the end user and the techs who have to work with them. You are always better off with a modem and a separate router.
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Ex-Tech at the Beach.
I speak for myself, not my former employer.

I need a gateway and not just a plain modem because I checked similar prices of 8x4 standalone modems and cheap N150 routers and that runs about 120-150. I really wanted the Motorola SB141 + a cheap router but the modem is pretty expensive on Amazon right now and while I hear good reviews of the Zoom modem I am looking for a company with a pretty long history. Plus, I really can't stand the Zoom's out dated design : /.

Bottom line is "you get what you pay for"... How do figure that the "Zoom's design" is outdated ? Are you referring to cosmetics ?

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Are you referring to cosmetics ?

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Yes, I would turn off wireless on it but I may need it if I want to do something really small on something without a wired connection. I also want a firewall .

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I'm curious now that I have the SMC gateway. Why do people complain about the wireless on these things? I have been trying it out and I hadn't had any drops and got about the same ping and same speeds wired/wireless.