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sportsphotog
Aspirant
Jun 01, 2021

Can Netgear C6300 be upgraded to DOCSIS 3.1

I purchases this modem/routeer in February, not realizing that my cable company had a restriction if I wanted to upgrade the connection speed. to increase the speed about 150mps, I need a router with...
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sportsphotog
Aspirant
Jun 01, 2021

Thanks for that. Interesting that it can go up to 680mbps. My cable company (not a major name provider like Xfinity or Comcast) claims that I need DOCSIS 3.1 to go above 150mbps.

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 01, 2021
sportsphotog wrote:

Thanks for that. Interesting that it can go up to 680mbps. My cable company (not a major name provider like Xfinity or Comcast) claims that I need DOCSIS 3.1 to go above 150mbps.

Some ISP's have been requiring docsis 3.1 for lower and lower speed tiers. I know cox was in the process of switching over to needing docsis 3.1 for speeds >150mbps.