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Replacing a cable modem StormFront88 05-31-2006
Posted by Kenneth J. Harris on June 2, 2006, 10:23 am
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If you bothered to pick up the phone and call them you would have found
out that they will replace the modem they originally supplied for no
charge. If you are near one of their centers, you can just bring the
old one in and they will exchange it for a new one. The new one that
they give out is a Motorola 5120.

Ken

StormFront88@gmail.com wrote:
> I was given a Motoralla sufboard modem by my ISP (Optimum Online) years
> ago when I first subscribed. I was wondering if this is just rental
> equipment.. if I wanted to buy a new router made by another company as
> a replacement would it still work?
>

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Posted by Cyrus Afzali on June 2, 2006, 2:43 pm
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On 31 May 2006 15:16:26 -0700, StormFront88@gmail.com wrote:

>I was given a Motoralla sufboard modem by my ISP (Optimum Online) years
>ago when I first subscribed. I was wondering if this is just rental
>equipment.. if I wanted to buy a new router made by another company as
>a replacement would it still work?

First, why do you want to do that? A router is needed only by people
who want to network more than one computer, these days most commonly
by routers.

Optimum's price doesn't go down if you don't use their equipment.

Posted by $Bill on June 2, 2006, 9:38 pm
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Cyrus Afzali wrote:

> First, why do you want to do that? A router is needed only by people
> who want to network more than one computer, these days most commonly
> by routers.

That's not concisely true. A router is very useful for a single PC
security-wise. It could save you a lot of virus headaches and when
you do get that second computer, you're all set to go.

> Optimum's price doesn't go down if you don't use their equipment.

Posted by Cyrus Afzali on June 7, 2006, 4:11 pm
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wrote:

>Cyrus Afzali wrote:
>
>> First, why do you want to do that? A router is needed only by people
>> who want to network more than one computer, these days most commonly
>> by routers.
>
>That's not concisely true. A router is very useful for a single PC
>security-wise. It could save you a lot of virus headaches and when
>you do get that second computer, you're all set to go.

Well, that's true, and something I should have mentioned. As I mention
below, I was mainly talking about the value equation of using your own
modem. I'd rather equipment be someone else's problem, because in my
experience this kind of stuff isn't nearly as reliable as computers or
other more high-value items.
>
>> Optimum's price doesn't go down if you don't use their equipment.

Posted by $Bill on June 7, 2006, 8:02 pm
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Cyrus Afzali wrote:

> wrote:
>
>
>>Cyrus Afzali wrote:
>>
>>
>>>First, why do you want to do that? A router is needed only by people
>>>who want to network more than one computer, these days most commonly
>>>by routers.
>>
>>That's not concisely true. A router is very useful for a single PC
>>security-wise. It could save you a lot of virus headaches and when
>>you do get that second computer, you're all set to go.
>
>
> Well, that's true, and something I should have mentioned. As I mention
> below, I was mainly talking about the value equation of using your own
> modem. I'd rather equipment be someone else's problem, because in my
> experience this kind of stuff isn't nearly as reliable as computers or
> other more high-value items.

If your modem rental was $9 (as perviously mentioned by Henry) would you
still rent their modem ? Like I said before, if your rental is over $3,
it may be cost effective to buy - depending on your proclivity of course.

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