[colug-432] BYOM Re: Comcast and connectivity alternatives

[Jeff Frontz]

Beware that TWC/RR has a list of "supported" modems.  I vaguely recall that
the speculation is that if you don't use one of them, you may miss out on
some of the "free" performance improvements that they toss out every now
and again (I know at least one person has seen evidence that TWC does some
sort of remote updating on the modem firmware -- even if it's your modem).

The going price (new egg) for a [new] modem on the list was about a year's
rental fees.  I ended up buying one, only to have a lightning strike take
it out -- now I'm on the two year amortization plan...




On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 5:53 PM, FiL Farris <philipfarris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Michael,
>>
>
> If  you still are paying "modem rental fee's" I would check out getting
> your own hardware.  I haven't checked lately but in the past I have
> purchased my own "modems" from Micro Center for about $20.00.  I have
> always picked up the factory refurbs (plain brown box with sticker) they
> always have.  The most recent was a D-Link DSL modem for 15.00.  After 3 or
> 4  months it was paid for, not to mention performance was better then the
> ancient hardware Century Link was charging me for.
>
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