[TriLUG] TWC DVR & Modem Recommendations

[Steven Waters]

Ron Young:

TWC maintains a list of "approved" cable modems, most of which cost 
around $150 for Turbo/Extreme/Ultimate plans.  With their new monthly 
fee of $4.22 including tax, it would take three years to pay for itself, 
and you may be fed up with TWC or find a new technology long before 
then.  I see they finally added a few modems to the list in the $80 
range, but that would still take a year and a half to pay for itself:

http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/residential-home/support/topics/internet/buy-your-modem.html

Instead, what I did was search on Amazon for the same model I had -- 
Ambit (now Ubee) U10C018 -- and found a used one for $16 with free 
shipping.  It handles 30 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up flawlessly, and paid 
for itself in less than four months:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001R5DJ7I/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=1355690811&sr=8-1

I highly recommend this option if you are planning to keep TWC internet 
for at least 3.8 months :)

Steven N. Waters
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Phone: 919-792-8612 - Fax: 919-882-0997
swaters at livingstreets.com
http://www.livingstreets.com


On 12/16/2012 15:17, Ron Young wrote:
> Assuming that I wanted to lower my TWC bill by buying my own DVR and cable
> modem, what would be the recommendations and gotchas for doing that?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron Young
> 919-621-9015
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronhyoung
>