On 06/19 06:42 , Ryan Coleman wrote: > I prefer to rent the modem, it saves me headaches and I’ve had to replace hardware after storms a few time. I see the economic benefits of buying a device rather than renting it, but on the other hand when it comes time to replace the thing for one reason or another (speed upgrade, device burnout, whatever), it's really convenient to just say "give me a new one" and the company hands you a new one. Normally I'm all in favor of owning a device rather than renting it, but I've come to look at these as disposable, shoddy things and I rent mine. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com