[TriLUG] Own your own cable modem?

[matt at noway2.thruhere.net]

I don't recall a line item for the equipment charge either.  Years ago,
when my mother decided to abandon dial up and go with cable, she bought a
Toshiba cable modem from a local BB.  It saved about ~$5 per month at the
expense of the $100 modem.  Unfortunately, the modem died in about 6
months and she decided that if they fail at that rate to go with the one
from the cable company.  At the time it was Adelphia, which has since been
assimilated into TWC.

So far, I have seen about 2 cable modem failures in about 8 years and 6
modems.

> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Igor Partola <igor at igorpartola.com>
> wrote:
>> I use my own Motorola modem. You get a $5/month break (or rather you
>> don't
>> have to rent a modem from them for $5). It is a 20 minute phone call to
>> set
>> up the modem. Then you have to take the rented one to a service center.
>
> My TWC bill does not itemize any equipment rental, just a single line
> for internet service.  Is there any published info on how much it will
> reduce my bill to use by own modem ?
>
> Bill