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Comcast Modem rental charge

by CindyinAtl Apr 12, 2011 8:09AM PDT

Investigating moving to Comcast from DSL with AT&T. they want to charge me $7 per month to rent the modem. Shouldn't I be able to just buy one and save over time? Is all I need a DOCSIS 3.0? What would the drawbacks be of owning my own. I'm betting that Comcast will always point to issues being related to my modem. Anything else?

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Here I used my own for over 7 years.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 12, 2011 12:14PM PDT

Yes, you should be able to get one from amazon, best buy or such. And you got the spec right.

At 7 a month, only a year to pay off.

Bob

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I've never leased . . .

by Coryphaeus Apr 13, 2011 12:01AM PDT

I have Time Warner (Comcast by an other name). My first modem (DOCSIS 2) was a D-link DCM-202. Worked perfectly for many years, no issues with TW. I just purchased a Cisco DCP 3000. DOCSIS 3 and IPv6 ready, with Gigabit output. Totally pleased with it. I did have trouble with TW configuring their system to recognize it (semi-long story), but I finally found a tech named Fred who know what to do. Here is a screen shot of what I now get.

http://www.wayne2.net/speed.jpg

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