NETGEAR Cable Modem CM700 - Compatible with All Cable Providers incl. Xfinity, Spectrum, Cox | for Cable Plans up to 800Mbps | DOCSIS 3.0

If you are looking to ditch the monthly charge of renting a modem from your ISP, or simply to get higher performance, this Netgear modem is currently the best option out there. I'm a software engineer, gamer, and consume all my video content through the web...so I live through the internet.Why this Netgear modem?A few months ago I picked up an Arris SURFboard SBG6580 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem/ Wi-Fi N Router, after previously having success with Arris modems. I liked the idea of an all in one combo, and since the SBG6580 was dual-band I figured it should work great. It didn't. The short version of the story is I spent the next 6 weeks with terrible internet issues, which I thought was mostly Comcast's fault (after previous experiences)...disconnects, download speeds of around 1Mbps, upload speeds of .5Mbps (despite paying for 50Mbps down and 5Mbps up)...and then it would work perfectly for 3 minutes. Super frustrating. After extensive research it appears the SBG6580 wireless was the issue (extreme unreliability).I moved and decided to start over again building my network. After a bunch of research I ditched the Arris and picked up this Netgear modem. It had great reviews, was a bit future-proofed (16 download channels!!), and came in at a reasonable price. Setup was amazingly easy. As a Comcast customer I didn't even need to call in to activate the modem (thank cosmos!); it was all done through a web interface. I paired this modem with a TP-LINK Archer C5 AC1200 Dual Band Wireless, and the performance is outstanding! I currently pay for 50Mbps down and 5Mbps up, and what I'm actually getting with this new setup is around 90Mbps down, and 10Mbps up...way over what I actually pay for! Additionally, in 3 weeks of use I haven't had to reset my modem once, have had 0 disconnects, and generally an amazing experience.Want speed and reliability? Buy this modem! GLHF!

I’ve been using the NETGEAR DOCSIS 3.0 High Speed Cable Modem for several months now, and I couldn’t be happier with the performance. The setup was incredibly easy—just plug it in, activate it with your ISP, and you're good to go. Within minutes, I was getting faster and more stable internet than I ever had with the modem/router combo from my provider.It supports high-speed plans without a hitch and has saved me money on monthly rental fees. Streaming, gaming, video calls—everything runs smoothly with zero interruptions. It’s compact, sleek, and doesn’t overheat like some other models I’ve used in the past.If you're looking to boost your internet speed and gain some independence from your ISP’s equipment, this modem is an excellent choice. Highly recommended!

Netgear Superfan. It's still working great. I consistently get at or even slightly above my supposed maximum speed on my plan. Probably the closest thing I can think of to a complaint is that you can't access the modem configuration through the Netgear Genie app on your phone, but have to do it through your web browser instead (see below). I'm now disappointed that I don't have a faster plan so I can really push my new modem to (or at least near) its limits. With TWC, they only use 8/4 channels, even though the modem has 16/4, but the other 8 channels don't even show up on the configuration page when I'm connected to them.Original review from 2/23/15: Have only been using it for a couple hours, but, so far, it's been great.I recently called to complain about my service with TWC (billing issues, then getting the run around on the online chat while trying to deal with the billing issues), so they upgraded my service tier. As it turned out, my old modem couldn't handle the new speed (at least as they had it configured--my understanding is that DOCSIS 2.0 can handle up to 30 Mbps, though they said I could only get up to ~15 Mbps with a DOCSIS 2.0 modem).I was told I'd need a DOCSIS 3.0 modem to fully take advantage of my new service package, so I looked online and decided on this one based on the fact that it has 16 channel bonding for downloads and 4 for uploads (16/4), whereas most other similar ones only had 8/4 or even only 4/4. 16/4 gives this modem a theoretical limit of 680 Mbps, compared to 343 or 172 Mbps for the 8/4 or 4/4, respectively. My plan is nowhere near the maximum this modem can supposedly handle, so I can't speak to that, but performing speed tests after connecting and activating the new modem, I'm getting ~32 Mbps now. Basically, I bought this to be future-ready. TWC in Cleveland only uses 8 down channels, but if I move, or TWC upgrades its equipment, I'll be ready for it. I had wanted DOCSIS 3.1, since that standard already exists, but I couldn't find any modems that used it, and this one is brand-new (I pre-ordered it). My DOCSIS 2.0 modem (SB5100) is like 11 years old, so I didn't figure this one would be obsolete anytime soon.The online web configuration is pretty basic, though it looks better than my old Motorola Surfboard 5100's did. Same IP address (192.168.100.1), and default username and password are "admin" and "password." I found that to be a very easy way to get the MAC address to give to TWC, rather than getting up and looking on the underside of the modem in the other room. I was a little worried that the documentation in the packaging specifically referred to Comcast and Xfinity, worrying that it wouldn't work on TWC (it's not currently on their approved list of modems, though I imagine it soon will be, since it works with no problems). It turns out I was worried for nothing.Some other people on here have commented about how easy it was to connect, but that's to be expected. It's a cable modem. There are only three connections you need to make, and that it is even able to make: power from the wall, coaxial cable from the wall, and ethernet to either your computer or router. It's exactly what you'd expect. Two of them just push in, and the coaxial cable obviously gets twisted on.

Works good for an older version