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CommScope Enters Wi-Fi 7 Retail Market with Launch of SURFboard G54 DOCSIS 3.1 Quad-Band Wi-Fi 7 Cable Modem at CES

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CommScope, a global leader in home networks, today announced its entry into the Wi-Fi 7 retail market with the launch of the SURFboard G54 DOCSIS 3.1 quad-band Wi-Fi 7 cable modem. The flagship SURFboard G54 provides significant performance enhancements, including the latest Wi-Fi 7 technology, and supports multi-gigabit Internet plans. The SURFboard G54 is designed to include other advanced features, including DOCSIS 3.1, quad-band Wi-Fi 7 (BE17880, or the total speed the system can support), a 10 Gbps Ethernet port, and four 1 Gbps LAN ports.

As the journey to the multi-gigabit network of the future continues, consumers can be ready to support next generation, higher speed internet plans with the SURFboard G54. Coupling the latest DOCSIS 3.1 technology with new Wi-Fi 7 capabilities, the SURFboard G54 provides multi-gigabit speeds (dependent upon service provider plan) throughout the home. In addition, a 10 Gbps Ethernet port ensures the home network can support additional Gigabit services directly to the Ethernet connection.




"We're thrilled to debut the first ARRIS SURFboard Wi-Fi 7 product at CES," stated Jonathan Wu, vice president of product and customer support, CommScope Home Networks. "The flagship SURFboard G54 takes innovation to the next level with DOCSIS 3.1 and quad-band Wi-Fi 7. It provides a superior home networking experience for our customers - no matter what next generation plans are to come in the years ahead."

As new smart devices are released and added to the home, the SURFboard G54 ensures that older devices with previous Wi-Fi technology (Wi-Fi 5 and earlier) do not degrade the performance of the home network. The SURFboard G54 leverages the latest Wi-Fi 7 offerings with the following capabilities:
  • The recently available 6 GHz band provides a large amount of uncongested spectrum, unused by previous Wi-Fi technology (Wi-Fi 5 and prior generations)
  • Multi-Link Operation (MLO) combines different bands together for even faster speed, allowing supported Wi-Fi 7 clients to take advantage of simultaneous multiple band connections
  • 320 MHz channels and the large capacity gains from 6 GHz spectrum deliver extremely high throughputs - delivering peak speeds up to 11.5 Gbps in 6 GHz, which is 2.4 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 devices
  • Spectrum puncturing technology helps avoid channel interference to achieve faster Wi-Fi, even in noisy, crowded environments

The SURFboard G54 features intelligent quad-band steering to ensure all devices have the optimal connection to the network depending on usage and balances the system as needed, especially when varied Wi-Fi generation devices are present. Smart channel management technology avoids channel interference and improves bandwidth to ensure the home network is not impacted by neighboring networks. Alternatively, users may choose to manually set devices to each band to personally manage the connections. The SURFboard G54 quad-band technology features:
  • 2.4 GHz band for IoT and low-bandwidth devices
  • 5 GHz low band for Wi-Fi 5 devices
  • 5 GHz high band for Wi-Fi 6/7 devices
  • 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi 6E/7 devices

This quad-band technology ensures older devices on Wi-Fi 5 will continue to receive the appropriate bandwidth, and newer devices will leverage the latest Wi-Fi technology (Wi-Fi 6/6E/7) and utilize the appropriate band (5/6 GHz) to maximize performance and speed, while reducing latency and jitter. Applications such as 4K streaming, gaming, video conferencing, livestreaming, and AR/VR/MR will perform better and be more reliable.

The SURFboard G54 DOCSIS 3.1 quad-band Wi-Fi 7 cable modem will be available by mid-2023. Additional Wi-Fi 7 products will become available soon thereafter.

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sounds good for home networks to upgrade and yet now have to upgrade last gen devices. I was looking for a new router so the cable modem is a bonus here. Not sure if the security of this would be the same as compared to using separate router and cable modem.
 

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sounds good for home networks to upgrade and yet now have to upgrade last gen devices. I was looking for a new router so the cable modem is a bonus here. Not sure if the security of this would be the same as compared to using separate router and cable modem.
Shouldn't make much of a difference, as cable modems are fairly dumb devices.
 
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Shouldn't make much of a difference, as cable modems are fairly dumb devices.
Comcast modem ya, and this modem should be a tadbit smarter.
 

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Comcast modem ya, and this modem should be a tadbit smarter.
I meant the cable modem part in the router.
This is technically Arris/Motorola, which was bought up by Commscope now, hence why it's still a Surfboard...
 
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xfinity has changed its network in my area, leading to my modem giving me 1/2 my package speed. the SB8200 (despite being approved for my speeds & ISP) is apparently no longer suitable.
im eager for some suitable modem options, as im sure as hell not renting one from an ISP for $200+/year:kookoo:
 

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xfinity has changed its network in my area, leading to my modem giving me 1/2 my package speed. the SB8200 (despite being approved for my speeds & ISP) is apparently no longer suitable.
im eager for some suitable modem options, as im sure as hell not renting one from an ISP for $200+/year:kookoo:
Its their provisioning on your account, I had to do the same with them in 2010 when their modem went out, I had a cox unit which was 100% compatible at the time
 
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