Author Topic: How many of you own your own Cable Modem? (Read 4154 times)

Gary S · « **on:** August 31, 2003, 04:40:14 PM »

How many of you own your own Cable Modem?

If you do, what kind do you have? I'm thinking about buying one insead of renting it for $5.00 a month and then going to a faster speed.

JohnKentucky · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2003, 05:25:11 PM »

I bought mine. Bought it couple of years ago...and they have replaced it twice.

Mine is this gray shark-fin looking one.

Dreambird · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2003, 06:57:53 PM »

Thinking of the same thing Gary... I can buy mine, get $5 knocked off the monthly cable bill and a 5 year warranty.

Mine's a Motorola Cybersurfer FWIW. I'm just renting it right now... just wondering if one buys a brand new one other than the one the cable company has here gets me 5 yrs. warranty too and how much they are. I can have this one for $60.

Paddy · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2003, 07:12:41 PM »

Gary, I have a Toshiba PCX1100, which I bought three years ago for $200!!!

Needless, to say, they've gotten much cheaper since then...) I've had absolutely no problems with it though.

It's a 10BaseT modem - newer ones are faster, I suppose. (Anyone noticed if this makes any appreciable difference??)

Toshiba also now have cable modems with routers and wireless routers built in, so you may want to consider that option too.

ljocampo · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2003, 07:53:14 PM »

Mine is owned by Adelphia cable. It's a Surfboard SB4100. When leave Buffalo after graduation, I'll buy my own.

() · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2003, 11:01:52 PM »

I bought my own at a Swapmet and got it for 30.00, it sells for 79.99 at Fry's, but i would rather have my own then give the extra $ to the cable company...

Check ot eBay or Yahoo and find one cheap...

Bruce_F · « **Reply #6 on:** September 01, 2003, 12:09:21 AM »

I bought my DoxPort COM 21 when I first got hooked up to cable. It's too long ago to remember the cost.

Or, maybe my age has something to do with it.

I believe it transfers data as fast as anything sold today. When the cable was first hooked up here, the cable company didn't reign in the speed limit. I used to get better than 2 Mbps downstream! The cable company wised up and now I get closer to the advertised 1 Mbps downstream.

Gary S · « **Reply #7 on:** September 01, 2003, 08:40:55 AM »

Paddy,

Staples has a Toshiba fo $89.00. I looked at it yesterday.

I got into this because I saw a commercial on TV from Charter cable, my ISP provider, saying that new subscribers get a FREE modem if they sign up now. So I called them and they said I would have to cancel their service for a month, pay the disconnect fees and the new connect fees to be eligable!.......the modem isn't free anyways but it's a free rental.

What a joke.

pendragon · « **Reply #8 on:** September 01, 2003, 08:56:34 AM »

My modem is a Surfboard SB4100 and works great (but I do wish it had a reset switch on it) and is owned by my ISP-Comcast.

Formerly, the rent was $5.00 per month. Comcast apparently concluded that too many customers were buying their own modems, so they reduced the rent to $3.00 per month. And oh yeah, at the same time they increased the service cost by $2.00.

Harv

Bill · « **Reply #9 on:** September 01, 2003, 10:04:25 AM »

Sounds/reads like your ISP considers you as a number in their data banks .. period .. Gary.
The days when you're asked for your name so they can look up your account from the other end of a phone conversation are fading fast.

Now that Costco (fairly large shopping center) will be built close by, Comcast is coming out of the wood works with flyers to join their data banks. They just bought the cable company here. Same employees, equipment, trucks from the last company. Just changed the logo on their trucks and handed the drivers new shirts.
Guess I should check what they have to offer.

Bernie · « **Reply #10 on:** September 01, 2003, 10:19:38 AM »

Not one problem in over 3 yr with 3 Com's Shark fin Cable Modem

It came free with TimeWarner RoadRunner Service. It's mine now!

Al · « **Reply #11 on:** September 01, 2003, 12:50:46 PM »

My cable modem comes with my internet package. When I'm done with their service they will pick it up. Whenever that may be.

Motorola SB3100....

I should find out if they would break me a better price if I supply my own modem. Mine is pretty old already. Any advantages if I were to get a newer model?

Gary S · « **Reply #12 on:** September 01, 2003, 01:39:59 PM »

I just went to Best Buy and bought a Motorola Surfboard Model SB 5100. $79.00 with a $20.00 rebate....so $50.00.

It's nice. It had a standby switch so you can disable it...doubt if I'll use it.

Called Charter and upped my service to the Gold package instead of the Silver package for $5.00 exculding the old modem rental. So now I'm at 768bps instead of 256bps. I was going to go for the 1.5bps but I thought twice.

Well, I ran some tests and it's working at around 947bps.

Bbob · « **Reply #13 on:** September 01, 2003, 05:01:27 PM »

Better check with your ISP to see which modems will work with their system. I am happy with my Surfboard 3100, no problems. There should be a list of acceptable modems on the ISP's web site. Cox Cable, here in Kansas, has such a list--or at least they did when I bought mine.

Bbob with a Cube

Gary S · « **Reply #14 on:** September 01, 2003, 05:13:56 PM »

It works with my cable company. all they required was that it be Docsis compliant.

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