what's next after Motorola's SB5120?

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what's next after Motorola's SB5120? Timothy Daniels 02-23-2006
Posted by Timothy Daniels on February 23, 2006, 10:47 pm
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For what it's worth -

I bought a Motorola Surfboard SB5120 cable modem
from Circuit City at the end of January. Two manufacturer
$20 rebates over-lapped by 3 days, so I got the benefit of
both of them for a total bottom-line price for the modem
being $46 incl tax. It has been working well, and it's
running cool, so I think it'll last many years. Now I'm
wondering why Motorola decided to clear these out and
what it has lined up for its next cable modem release.
Anybody out there know? Maybe a VOIP feature?

*TimDaniels*

Posted by Peabody on February 25, 2006, 11:36 am
Timothy Daniels says...

> I bought a Motorola Surfboard SB5120 cable modem from
> Circuit City at the end of January. Two manufacturer
> $20 rebates over-lapped by 3 days, so I got the benefit
> of both of them for a total bottom-line price for the
> modem being $46 incl tax. It has been working well, and
> it's running cool, so I think it'll last many years.
> Now I'm wondering why Motorola decided to clear these
> out and what it has lined up for its next cable modem
> release. Anybody out there know? Maybe a VOIP feature?

It's not clear they are being "cleared out". The 5120 still
appears to be Moto's primary modem.

I'm curious about your rebates. I see store rebates from
Circuit City, etc., but no manufacturer's rebate. Is there
one in effect now? If so, I would like to buy the modem at
Wal-Mart and then apply for the manufacturer's rebate.



Posted by Andrew Rossmann on February 25, 2006, 5:28 pm
says...
> Timothy Daniels says...
>
> > I bought a Motorola Surfboard SB5120 cable modem from
> > Circuit City at the end of January. Two manufacturer
> > $20 rebates over-lapped by 3 days, so I got the benefit
> > of both of them for a total bottom-line price for the
> > modem being $46 incl tax. It has been working well, and
> > it's running cool, so I think it'll last many years.
> > Now I'm wondering why Motorola decided to clear these
> > out and what it has lined up for its next cable modem
> > release. Anybody out there know? Maybe a VOIP feature?
>
> It's not clear they are being "cleared out". The 5120 still
> appears to be Moto's primary modem.
>
> I'm curious about your rebates. I see store rebates from
> Circuit City, etc., but no manufacturer's rebate. Is there
> one in effect now? If so, I would like to buy the modem at
> Wal-Mart and then apply for the manufacturer's rebate.

Be careful. I've seen rebates lately the specifically exclude certain
stores.

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Posted by Timothy Daniels on February 25, 2006, 11:41 pm
"Peabody" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels says...
>
> > I bought a Motorola Surfboard SB5120 cable modem from
> > Circuit City at the end of January. Two manufacturer
> > $20 rebates over-lapped by 3 days, so I got the benefit
> > of both of them for a total bottom-line price for the
> > modem being $46 incl tax. It has been working well, and
> > it's running cool, so I think it'll last many years.
> > Now I'm wondering why Motorola decided to clear these
> > out and what it has lined up for its next cable modem
> > release. Anybody out there know? Maybe a VOIP feature?
>
> It's not clear they are being "cleared out". The 5120 still
> appears to be Moto's primary modem.
>
> I'm curious about your rebates. I see store rebates from
> Circuit City, etc., but no manufacturer's rebate. Is there
> one in effect now?


The overlap was actually for 7 days in late January. One
ended on 1/28/06, and the other ended 1/31/06. They were
both listed on the Circuit City website, and they looked
identical until you looked at the dates of validity. There
appears to be one $20 rebate in effect right now that
brings the price down to $60.

*TimDaniels*

Posted by Peabody on February 26, 2006, 11:15 am
Timothy Daniels says...

>> I'm curious about your rebates. I see store rebates
>> from Circuit City, etc., but no manufacturer's rebate.
>> Is there one in effect now?

> The overlap was actually for 7 days in late January.
> One ended on 1/28/06, and the other ended 1/31/06. They
> were both listed on the Circuit City website, and they
> looked identical until you looked at the dates of
> validity. There appears to be one $20 rebate in effect
> right now that brings the price down to $60.

Yes, but that rebate appears to be a Circuit City rebate,
not a Motorola rebate. Am I wrong about that?

I was hoping to buy the modem at Wal-Mart at their regular
price of $60, and then do a $20 Motorola rebate to bring the
price down to $40. But I see nothing about rebates on the
Motorola website, so I guess there isn't one in effect right
now.



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