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CM1000 modem comcast gigabit - slow speed
Got comcast gigabit service. comcast replaced outside and inside lines and tested the signal strength which they told me was good - in fact in the sweet spot. I haven't been able to get more than 3...
I've had 6 tech visits and they did the same thing. But I've found a solution for at least my issue. I bought a new nic. It's a 5gb nic and was like 50$ on Amazon. And now I get 500-800 regularly. But your case may be different. They tried there modem too and that didn't work for me either. But the new nic worked and as a bonus it's future proof. But I'm not sure it's the same for you. Post you modems channels and reading and if it's within 2 decibels of mine then it might be worth a try. But other than that idk.
Can you link the amazon NIC here? I'd like to look. I don't know what it is. When I get home i will post my levels - at work currently. For $50 i would be willing to give it a shot. Did you ever have problems with the speed dropping to unusable speeds when streaming video or doing some bandwidth intensive activity? Other than that i could live with the non-gig speeds, but i make money streaming games and its cutting into a (fine, very small) income stream of mine.
- Aquantia AQtion 5G Pro NIC, 4-speed Ethernet Network Adapter with PCIe 3.0 and RJ-45 (AQN-108) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZ28BCW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_EHUfBb2Z5ZGQJ
Note it's price has gone up. Must have been a sale. Also I have yet to have any issues with it. And I know cause my Twitter bot has not been sending tweets when my average speed across 5 nearest servers is less than 700mbps. But again it might be the perfect fix for you and you may need to continue working with them. If you need a Twitter bot to keep them in line that always helps haha.Unfortunately I am using a Surface Book 2 (laptop). I wonder if something like this might help. The laptop is plugged into a Surface Dock with 10/100/1000 Ethernet. I guess it's possible that the surface dock's Ethernet is the problem...For $15 might be worth a shot.
- Found your problem. The surface dock doesn't have the bandwidth to keep up. It may have a 1gigabit nic and controller but with USB and HDMI all using the same port (3.1 type C i believe not thunder bolt) means you have a bottle neck. But good news. That same company who made that nic literally in the past day came out with a USB version. That company is hitting all the bases with great product and solutions at a good price. Anyway try going straight from the laptop and you should see better performance than with the dock. If not then I have no idea what to tell you.