So my story begins back in June of 2021 when I purchase the Nighthawk C7000v2 Cable Modem/Router. About 2 weeks before the warranty expired it stopped working and I contact technical support, we went through the process of diagnoses and it was determined that I would need to ship back the unit and a new one would be sent to me at no charge. Well I sent it back and received another unit, but from the packaging and later, confirmed by technical support, they sent me a refurbished unit, which didn't work either, so I went through the whole diagnoses process again, but this time they tell my my warranty has expired and that I'll need to purchase a service contract, well I was absolutely miffed that they sent me a faulty unit and then have the nerve to tell me I'll need to purchase a service contract to get them to explain why the replacement unit wasn't working. Well I immediately got their manager on the call and explained that the faulting unit I received was to replace another faulty unit which had been under warranty and why on earth would this replacement unit have to be under warranty. Anyway, I finally got the manager to understand and provide me with a NEW unit. So a week later I get the new unit in the standard packing you would see in a store so I was confident that I now had a new replacement unit.
All of this happened in late June and early July of 2022. So this past weekend, Aug 27th 2022, I started having internet issues of the internet dropping every few mins and then I'd have to restart the cable modem/router to only have the problem happen over and over. I contacted Xfinity because I believed it had to be their problem. So a technician comes over and we discover that the internet is fine, it's the Netgear cable/modem that is not working correctly. He proved this by hooking up one of his cable modem/router and sure enough, his worked without any problems. He said I could use his for 30 days before I would get charged if I wanted to go out and buy another one, but if I do, it won't be Netgear, probably Arris.
So then I try to reach out to Netgear support to see if they can do anything. Of course I get the recordings saying my unit is out of warranty and that I'll need to purchase a service contract. I decided to stay on the line and wait to talk to a support person, but after waiting 30 mins I had to get back to work so I had to hang up.
I know Netgear will probably not do anything about my situation but maybe someone will read this and use it in their purchasing decision.
