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Thursday, March 27th, 2025

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Poor speeds since switching to own modem

My download speeds have always approx 800mb and uploads at 100mb. I switched to a surfboard s33 modem to save money and my speeds are half. Now today the online tech has tried telling me that the modem is incompatible. I am beyond frustrated!

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My download speeds have always approx 800mb and uploads at 100mb. I switched to a surfboard s33 modem to save money and my speeds are half. Now today the online tech has tried telling me that the modem is incompatible. I am beyond frustrated!

The rep was correct. These are the only third party / retail purchased devices that are currently compatible with their new "Next Gen" upload speeds;

As are their XB6, XB7, and XB8 rented gateway devices,

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@EG​ weird I see what you’re saying but the s33 is still a discus 3.1 modem and today my download speeds have been normal my upload seems capped at 40mb

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6 months ago

It doesn't matter that it's 3.1. It needs to be compatible with their new "mid split" system for the enhanced / next-gen upload speeds. The correct speed configuration file will not get pushed to it and it will default to a lower speed.

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@EG​ thank you for the clarification 

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My pleasure! It's why I lurk ! Be well !

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Hi EG,

Would that explain what is happening with my S33 and slower download speeds on the new 2 gig plan? Before on a gig+ plan I was easily getting 900-1300 mbps. Now since switching to 2gig plan- my S33 gets 650 at best. 

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3 hours ago

@user_py8yb1 

Please create a new topic of your own here on this board detailing your issue. Thanks. The original poster has not returned. 6-month-old dead thread is now being closed.

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