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Posted by Antoine Bruguier on April 1, 2006, 3:08 pm
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Hi,
I live in California and I am currently renting a cable modem to
connect to the internet. Is it possible to buy one instead of renting?
My main concern is compatibility between providers. I am currently with
Adelphia, but if I move and have to switch to, say, Comcast will it
still work?
It looks like they follow the same norm:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dcom.modems.cable/browse_thread/thread/cba1744f1460842b/ce52a467706d10c8?q=Compatible+modem&rnum=9#ce52a467706d10c8
but I guess providers can always play funny tricks.
Thanks in advance for your reply,
Tony
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Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on April 1, 2006, 3:34 pm
I would say that *if* it's financially advantageous to buy your own
modem, buy one the same model as your ISP is currently renting out.
Otherwise if you have any problem, they can blame your "non-standard" modem.
And, even if you buy one the same as the ISP is curently supplying,
supposing they decide to do an upgrade of service that requires a new
type of modem, the one you purchased will become a paperweight.
Perce
On 04/01/06 03:08 pm Antoine Bruguier wrote:
> I live in California and I am currently renting a cable modem to
> connect to the internet. Is it possible to buy one instead of renting?
> My main concern is compatibility between providers. I am currently with
> Adelphia, but if I move and have to switch to, say, Comcast will it
> still work?
>
> It looks like they follow the same norm:
>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dcom.modems.cable/browse_thread/thread/cba1744f1460842b/ce52a467706d10c8?q=Compatible+modem&rnum=9#ce52a467706d10c8
>
> but I guess providers can always play funny tricks.
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Posted by Dave on April 1, 2006, 7:30 pm
As long as it meets the DOCSIS 2.0 standard, that isn't going to happen for
a long time.
> And, even if you buy one the same as the ISP is curently supplying,
> supposing they decide to do an upgrade of service that requires a new type
> of modem, the one you purchased will become a paperweight.
>
> Perce
>
>
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Posted by Quaoar on April 3, 2006, 3:20 pm
Dave wrote:
> As long as it meets the DOCSIS 2.0 standard, that isn't going to happen for
> a long time.
>
>
>> And, even if you buy one the same as the ISP is curently supplying,
>> supposing they decide to do an upgrade of service that requires a new type
>> of modem, the one you purchased will become a paperweight.
>>
>> Perce
>>
>>
>
>
The singular issue, as I and other friends and family have found, is
that it is *much* easier to get CSR attention to problems that might
involve the modem if it is rented from the ISP. For Comcast, the rental
fee is $3 per month, a bargain when CSR attention is needed.
Q
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Posted by Dave on April 3, 2006, 4:25 pm
That hasn't been the case in my experience. I can't tell that the ownership
of the modem makes any difference at all. I've owned my modem for about 6
years and have used CSR many times with MediaOne, AT&T Broadband and now
Comcast. If I thought I was being treated different because of it, I'd
quickly be calling someone higher than CSR. And at $3/mo. I've saved enough
to pay for my modem about 4 times. To me, it's a no brainer.
> Dave wrote:
>
> The singular issue, as I and other friends and family have found, is that
> it is *much* easier to get CSR attention to problems that might involve
> the modem if it is rented from the ISP. For Comcast, the rental fee is $3
> per month, a bargain when CSR attention is needed.
>
> Q
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