last week I notice a severe slowdown in my cable connection. At first I thought it was the websites. I noticed it mostly while watching things on youtube. I used to be able to set thing to 1080p and not have anything buffer. Now anything above 480 buffers several times. Netflix has also taken a hit. I took my router out of the equation and still had the issue. after talking to Cox support they say I need a new modem. I have a Scientific Atlanta 2100. I tried everything I know to fix it. Still I am getting 5M to 10M down during peak and non peak times. I am getting 10m up which is what I am supposed to get but I am paying for 50m down. basically I am looking into maybe just getting a new gateway and the 2 cox provides are the Cisco DPC3825 or the Netear CG3000D. I do not have a lot of experience with different brands. So I am asking what brand would you recomend? Is a gateway a good way to go or should I stick with just a modem and router?
On a side note the router I have might be dated it is a netgear wndr3300. I am wondering if I just get a new modem with docsis 3.0 would it bottle neck it? I am still learning networking things. Especially WiFi. as of now I have 1 laptops,my desktop, our Wii, one tablet, a PSP, and 2 smartphones connected to my network. At most the Wii, desktop and tablet will be running at the same time, usually netflix. If I am going to be spendind money I want to make sure I am getting the most out of it. I also do not want to spend to much.
sorry I tend to over explain I just want to make sure I do not leave anything out.