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This is a bit of a rant, and a bit of an open question of "is there really nothing more I can do." I'm more than a little furious that after being sold a produ

This is a bit of a rant, and a bit of an open question of "is there really nothing more I can do." I'm more than a little furious that after being sold a product that explicitly fails under load, the best we have in terms of consumer protections is a class action that, if my history of class actions holds true, will accomplish little to nothing to either punish intel or compensate the consumers. For the last year I've been putting up with network issues that I thought were a result of the house I moved into, when now I find out that the sb6190 I spent a silly amount of money on has been degrading an equally not-cheap internet plan for the entire time. And now my best approach is "deal with it, spend 200$ more." Here's hoping consumers in the EU are more protected, for us in the US I don't have my fingers crossed.

ztjio 9y ago
The SB6190 is a $95 product right now. Plus, it's just DOCSIS 3.0. You can get decent DOCSIS 3.0 modems for ~$50 if you don't need maximum speeds. If you've got under ~300mbps connection, you could replace it pretty cheaply. For example, a Motorola MB7220 is about $50 without any discounts. Even a 16x4 is about $70. These are Broadcom based modems.
- existencebox 9y ago
  A note, not to distract from the validity of your points, but the sb6190 used to be 150 [0] (yes both prices are somewhat negligable in the long term but if I phrase it in terms of "I'm out a nice dinner" vs 2 I'm still pretty miffed) That being said, thanks for the clarity on 3.0 vs 3.1, I had pulled up the recommended SB8200 since I had broadly heard positive things about Arris in the past and saw it to be ~190; didn't realize the cutoff was as high as 300mbps, so I should be fine with my 250mb down to get a cheaper one. [0]https://camelcamelcamel.com/ARRIS-SURFboard-SB6190-DOCSIS-Cable/product/B016PE1X5K?context=search https://camelcamelcamel.com/ARRIS-SURFboard-SB6190-DOCSIS-Ca...
  - ztjio 9y ago
    Yeah and with the 16-4's you can get like 686 or something. DOCSIS 3.0 is pretty great still.

ztjio 9y ago

The SB6190 is a $95 product right now. Plus, it's just DOCSIS 3.0. You can get decent DOCSIS 3.0 modems for ~$50 if you don't need maximum speeds. If you've got under ~300mbps connection, you could replace it pretty cheaply. For example, a Motorola MB7220 is about $50 without any discounts. Even a 16x4 is about $70. These are Broadcom based modems.

existencebox 9y ago
A note, not to distract from the validity of your points, but the sb6190 used to be 150 [0] (yes both prices are somewhat negligable in the long term but if I phrase it in terms of "I'm out a nice dinner" vs 2 I'm still pretty miffed) That being said, thanks for the clarity on 3.0 vs 3.1, I had pulled up the recommended SB8200 since I had broadly heard positive things about Arris in the past and saw it to be ~190; didn't realize the cutoff was as high as 300mbps, so I should be fine with my 250mb down to get a cheaper one. [0]https://camelcamelcamel.com/ARRIS-SURFboard-SB6190-DOCSIS-Cable/product/B016PE1X5K?context=search https://camelcamelcamel.com/ARRIS-SURFboard-SB6190-DOCSIS-Ca...
- ztjio 9y ago
  Yeah and with the 16-4's you can get like 686 or something. DOCSIS 3.0 is pretty great still.