<p dir="ltr">If you plan on switching your landline to comcast they require a EMTA type cable modem for which you must rent and cannot buy on your own. The rental is $7/month I believe. <br>
If you drop the landline and just do cable modem, you can get the Motorola 3008 series ( I think) from microcenter for about $70.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 18, 2014 11:25 PM, "Jeff Jensen" <<a href="mailto:jjensen@apache.org">jjensen@apache.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm probably switching from CenturyLink to Comcast [yes, both are loser monopoly companies] since CL top speed to my house is 12/.8 and planning on CC 50/10.</div><div><br></div><div>I prefer to buy a good modem/router (and wonder about the "lucky dip" they'll send). Plus, at $8 rental, a purchase pays for itself in 8-16 months (depends on price of course).</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>I plan to switch the landline as well. Does the cable modem then need a phone connector/jack as well or what is the connection? (I've only ever used DSL)</div><div><br></div><div></div></div>
<div>I've been looking at [0] and [1]. I'm a Netgear fan so the N450 and N600 stand out to me. But I did not see any of them mention phone capability.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't need wireless on it (have another unit that provides that) but fine if it does. My current DSL router has it but I turned it off.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>So I'm wondering if anyone has cable modem purchase recommendations for me? Or is the recommendation to rent theirs?<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[0] <a href="http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/" target="_blank">http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/</a><br>
</div><div><div>[1] <a href="http://mynewmodem.comcast.net/" target="_blank">http://mynewmodem.comcast.net/</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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