We Squeezed a Cable Modem under-the-hood of the new Cable Modem Orbi WiFi System!

Obolsesence will be based on ISP support of DOCSIS 3.0 and it's obsolesence with ISPs. You'll need to ask your ISP how long they are going to be supporting 3.0 and migrating to 3.1. ISP will not be just turning ON 3.1 and turning OFF 3.0. IT will be a slow process.

However, this does bring up the obsolesence of the CBK40 and why can't NG support the CBK40 system changing to router only model at somepoint when the internal cable modem doesn't work any more with ISPs or due to HW failure, leaving the router and wireless MESH system behind. It would make more sense of users could continue to use the router and wireless portion of the CBK40 system then to have a sytem become inoperational after the cable modem fails or is no longer supported with a ISP. These models only support gatway or bridge mode. Meaning that out of the box, the system has to be set up with a cable ISP service, modem activated to use the system. The bridge mode feature, when used, disables the router and wireless portion of the CBK system, leaving the cable modem portion operational. This makes for a expensive cable modem only system. Nothing else works in bridge mode for a long lasting ISP product solution. I presume that NG is only following current cable modem/router combo design implementations, however, it seems that the router and wifi system on the CBK40 could have some future ability to be used even if the cable modem become out dated or fails.

I would like NG to really take a good look at this.

Dustin_V