Motorola SURFboard SB6120 Cable Modem

• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 16 reviews
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• 10 stars

  Super Fast, Easy to Install

  by dkoroski on December 15, 2009

  Pros: It is extremely fast. It bumped up my speed from 3mbps to over 21. In part, this chage was due to the fact I have a strong connection but had an old modem. Still the change was incredible.
  It IS supported by Comcast.

  Cons: The modem takes around a minute to set up.

  Summary: Great Buy. Makes everything so much faster, it looks great, and works really well. Was easy to install too.

  Summary: Great Buy. Makes everything so much faster, it looks great, and works really well. Was easy to install too.

  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Blazing speed - faster than many internet sites!

  by Jimsync2001 on December 9, 2009

  Pros: It's a blazingly quick "brick with lights". Nothing to adjust/configure once Comcast had it activated

  Cons: It takes a little time to "wake up" if it loses power. Adding a wireless router creates a power up sequence issue.

  Summary: I love the product. I'm very technical, but hate having to fool around with things to make them work. I know now that I must power up the SB6120 ...

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  Summary: I love the product. I'm very technical, but hate having to fool around with things to make them work. I know now that I must power up the SB6120 and let it initialize fully before I power up my wireless router. It may have something to do with DHCP and/or network port auto-negotiations. I tried power cycling just the SB6120 and the wireless router stopped communicating.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Blazing fast and easy to install

  by Schmutz64801 on February 16, 2010

  Pros: Extremely easy to install. Works perfectly with wireless router. Good price for the performance.

  Cons: Only one port (ethernet) so you'll have to utilize additional hardware to use multiple connections.

  Summary: This is my first Motorola modem and I'm very pleased with it's performance so far. We immediately experienced huge improvements over our Linksys WGC200. Compatible with our Cableone ...

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  Summary: This is my first Motorola modem and I'm very pleased with it's performance so far. We immediately experienced huge improvements over our Linksys WGC200. Compatible with our Cableone High Speed service even though they haven't certified it yet. Streaming for Netflix and online game lag is definitely a thing of the past. Simple, affordable, effective is the easiest way to describe it. I'll definitely recommend this one.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Blazing Speeds!!!

  by MongooseProXC on February 11, 2010

  Pros: Suppafast!!! Download speed is faster which I kind of expected. Upload speed got a huge boost! IPv6?

  Cons: Might have problems with certian routers. If you are having touble, see link below and post a reply if I am not the only one.

  Summary: http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/linksys-wireless-g-broadband/4864-3319_7-32937120-1.html?ord=creationDate+desc&tag=txt;uo

  Summary: http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/linksys-wireless-g-broadband/4864-3319_7-32937120-1.html?ord=creationDate+desc&tag=txt;uo

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• 8 stars

  This modem smokes my old one!

  by cgspoon on October 20, 2009

  Pros: This modem is small, compact, and inconspicuous. I think it is also attractive. I have not had any problems as of yet. It has not dropped off Cablevision systems in NY.

  Cons: The price was a con for me. It was about $108.00 after tax at Best Buy. Even though it can be had cheaper online for about $20 less. I needed it right away.

  Summary: I had a an old Motorola Surfboard that I had for about 5 years, it kept dropping off and needing to be reset. I use Vonage so I needed something ...

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  Summary: I had a an old Motorola Surfboard that I had for about 5 years, it kept dropping off and needing to be reset. I use Vonage so I needed something quick. My wife had picked up a modem from the Cablevision office and it turned out to be a Webstar. What a hunk of junk, I hooked it up and then went to Speedtest.net and my download and upload speeds were about 1.2mbps to 2.0mbps. My old Motorola Surfboard was pulling about 12 mbps. I could not live with such low bandwith. I stream Netflix off my XBOX 360 and the movies kept buffering when that did happen before. I went to Best Buy to pick up a identical replacement for my old Surfboard and ran into the Surfboard 6120. I remeber reading about it and said I guess I'll go for it. Got home Called Cablevison and had them bang the box while they tried to sell me more services. After I re booted my computer and router, I ran a Speedtest through Speedtest.net. Wow, baby my computer was pulling a wopping 15.8 mbps for a download speed, upload wasn't much better than before at 2.0 mbps. But I was beating most ISP averages according to the test. So I am happy. XBOX online is really fast and I am not having buffer problems with Netflix so far.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 7 stars

  Quck and easy install - replaced Linksys

  by rtrider on February 19, 2010

  Pros: Docsis 3.0 ready, very quick install, easy to read lights, instructions on side of box are all you need,it works seamlessly with our Linksys wireless router!

  Cons: Not going to win any beauty contests

  Summary: Bought to replace my old Linksys modem, as Comcast tech said our losing cable signal was probably due to cable modem failure. The Moto works great, was easy to install, ...

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  Summary: Bought to replace my old Linksys modem, as Comcast tech said our losing cable signal was probably due to cable modem failure. The Moto works great, was easy to install, and for $100 works well and delivers the new technology. Unfortunately our problem was not the modem as we still get service drops in evening. At least we eliminated problem from our side..

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  1 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 4 stars

  This modem drops off comcast cable 10 - 15 times a day.

  by vestlynn on September 26, 2009

  Pros: when it does keep working its fast.

  Cons: Having to restart over and over again by unplugging is unacceptable. There is a reset button on the bottom, under the label. Distroying the lable to reset is unacceptable.

  Summary: After paying $99.00 for this product - I going to return it.

  Summary: After paying $99.00 for this product - I going to return it.

  1 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Excellent router,easy to install

  by Grampynonretired on January 22, 2012

  Pros: Speed and ease of installation

  Cons: None so far

  Summary: Very pleased, delivered performance as promised.

  Summary: Very pleased, delivered performance as promised.

• 10 stars

  Must have modem for streaming or gaming

  by pagan311 on June 28, 2011

  Pros: upload spds went from 2.7 to 8.9, It loves comcast.

  Cons: Error: Please enter at least 10 characters (you entered 0 characters).

  Summary: A+

  Summary: A+

• 10 stars

  A must get

  by cmccrerey on February 26, 2011

  Pros: easy set up, fast speeds

  Cons: None at this time.

  Summary: Bought this about 1 month ago, I have not been disapointed. My speeds have tripled. I upgraded my system from about 5 years ago so this was a great move. ...

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  Summary: Bought this about 1 month ago, I have not been disapointed. My speeds have tripled. I upgraded my system from about 5 years ago so this was a great move. Proir speeds were upload 1 mbps and download 6 mbps. New speeds are 3.6 mbps upload download 36.1 mbps. I matched this with the Cisco-Linksys E4200 wireless router.

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