[TriLUG] TriLUG] TWC raises modem rental - again

[David Both]

Any recommendations on replacing my TWBC Ubee modem? Despite the fact that modem 
rental appears to be bundled I really find it unreliable as it does not 
reconnect automatically after a neighborhood dropout.


On 01/03/2015 09:25 AM, Glenn Hennessee wrote:
> I had already bought one from Amazon for $72 for the 6121. It is working fine. Took 26 minutes with time Warner to get it registered and 45 minutes to get the old one returned. Both times too long in my opinion.
>
> Kevin Otte <nivex at nivex.net> wrote:
>> http://www.woot.com/ has factory reconditioned SB6121 and SB6141 on sale
>> cheap right now.
>>
>> For those of you who don't know what Woot is: they sell one (and only
>> one) item each day. If it sells out early, that's it. Sorry folks on digest!
>>
>> On 12/23/2014 06:49 PM, Bill Farrow wrote:
>>> TWC is raising their modem rental again. Soon it is going to cost you $8/mo.
>>>
>>> I purchased my own modem in Oct 2013 when the rental was $6/mo. I got
>>> a Motorola SurfBoard SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem for $86.99. At that
>>> rate, it would take 14 months to pay it off, and I am almost done.
>>>
>>> My recommendation is to buy your own, and at the new rate it will only
>>> take 11 months to recoup your purchase.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
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