I missed a refurbished deal at Staples on this SB6183. I was going to buy at the 29.99 price, but it just went to 44 or 49, so deal is dead.

Target has the SB6141 for $30.

I see the SB6183 goes to up to 300 speed and SB6141 up to 100 speed.


Will I or anyone notice any difference between the two.

I have an SB6141, and the last time I called my ISP (Comcast) when I had troubles, the online rep tried to tell me that my modem was obsolete. He was obviously trying to get me to rent one of their modems, however, if I were in the market for a modem today, I wouldn't buy this model.

According to Comcast the retail SB6141 is an Approved modem. I think the confusion over this model is Comcast states the OEM version of the SB6141 is not approved.

I still use my retail SB6141 with Comcast - works fine. I have 25 Mbps service.

I get a smile when I note my 6183 is using 16 channels to pass along the packets. It may help if there are a lot of other users on your neck of the cable creating congestion.

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I have an SB6141, and the last time I called my ISP (Comcast) when I had troubles, the online rep tried to tell me that my modem was obsolete. He was obviously trying to get me to rent one of their modems, however, if I were in the market for a modem today, I wouldn't buy this model.

Same.

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But $29.95 on closeout at Target

Get what you need. I have a Docsis 3.0 Netgear 8/4 works fine with my 50/10 plan. If you plan on getting a faster plan in the future get the SB6183.
The SB6141 is an older model, so that's why most people wouldn't buy it now, I bought one off a forum member as a backup a while back, my netgear keeps chugging along.



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