[TriLUG] Avoiding the TWC modem rental fee

[Jonathan Mainguy]

We a owned a modem I bought for comcast back when I lived in DC. Upon
getting the Triple play package from TWC we were informed we must use their
modem to make the phone work, we explained we would not pay a rental fee as
we already owned the modem. They agreed and installed their modem and did
not charge us for it. Your mileage may vary of course.


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Kurktchiev, Boris <boris at unc.edu> wrote:

> I have been running the SB6141 since I moved to NC from TX about 7ish
> months ago. I have not paid the rental fee at all. The modem is fantastic
> and actually gives me the 50/5 I am supposed to get consistently. Plus its
> a DOCSIS 3.0 modem so whenever TWC/Charter/Cox decides to upgrade their
> infrastructure into the 21st century the modem is ready to go and deliver
> 300/100 :)
>
> Combining it with a Toastman's Tomato flash on my wrt 610n I can get a
> consistent 8mb/s download. The upload is crap, but thats due to TWC's
> shenanigans, I have yet to be able to achieve more than 1mb/s spurts once
> in a while.
>
> -B
>
> On Aug 8, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Bill Farrow <bill at arrowsreach.com>
>  wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> > We have been discussing the TWC modem rental fee on IRC today.
> > Apparently this new fee has been such a boon to their bottom line that
> > they are increasing it to $6 per month.
> >
> > We have been looking into the TWC "recommended modems" and have come
> > up with the Motorola SB6141 which is currently priced at ~$85 online.
> > At $6/mo this would take 14 months to pay for itself.
> >
> > Has anyone else bought their own modem with TWC service in the
> > Triangle area ?  Any problems or gotcha's ?
> >
> >
> > Bill
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