Hi. I'm a brand new free member here and this will be my first post. I have been doing a little searching but there is just so much info that I can't seem to find a simple answer. (Are there ever any "simple answers anyway?) I am currently paying $55.99 monthly for CL 3M service before any taxes, fees, or discounts and have been experiencing unacceptable lag when watching Hulu, Netflix, etc. so I decided that it's time to upgrade.
I discovered that I can upgrade to 20M service and it will ultimately cost pretty much the same as what I'm paying now for 3M service. The trouble is that my Actiontec PK5000 will need to be upgraded. Rather than pay ten bucks a month to lease the Actiontec C1000A that the representative told me I would get from CL, I think I would be better served by just purchasing my own equipment. From what I can find here in the forums, it seems that the Zyxel C1000Z might be the most solid option. I've read that the C1100Z has had some complaints and the Actiontec C1000A is also somewhat unreliable. Is this info reasonably accurate?
Since the best service CL offers here in Mountain Home, Idaho (40 miles from Boise) is 20M, That's what I will be going with. Am I correct to assume that since it's 20M, that this is ADSL2+ service here? Is it possible that the 20M service is VDSL2? Does this really matter in my selection of a modem? If I get the Zyxel C1000Z, would it work with both ADSL2+ and VDSL2? I just don't want to assume that I have ADSL2+ and buy a modem, only to discover that I really have VDSL2 and my new modem is not compatible.
Next question, what would be the best configuration of equipment to get the most out of my service speed? I have 2 kids that do online gaming and my wife and I watch tons of Netflix and Hulu. I am also known to watch youtube while the kids are gaming and my wife is on Hulu. Should I use the C1000Z as a standalone or should I use it as a modem only with a separate wireless router?
I'm totally new to this and hardly even know how to log into the router I have now to make changes to the settings so go slow. I'm pretty smart though so I can usually follow along when there's a motivating reason for me to learn (maximized internet performance).
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