[PLUG] Buying your own cable modem...

[Larry Brigman]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:31 AM, someone <plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
> I have a rented from Comcast Arris TM722 ?G modem.  It has no usb
> port, one phone port, one ethernet port, and of course a cable
> connection.
>
> I've been googling trying to find a source to buy the same modem from so I can
> return the rental.  I figure I'll be with Comcast for a year at least.
>  If I disconnect, I might want to reconnect down the road.  It is
> less hassle if I
> own the equipment and don't have to pay an extra $5/month.  Much
> easier if Comcast can essentially throw a switch and I'm back up.
>
> If I can pick up a modem for $60 or less with the VOIP features, it
> doesn't make sense to rent, especially if I stick with Comcast for
> longer than a year.
>
> I need an external modem, I use a Netgear RP614v4 between the cable
> modem and my Linux based routers.
>
> I have opendns and dyndns.com set up, but it's hard to get the cable
> modem to come up with a different ip address and hence difficult to
> verify that opendns still works when the ip address changes.
>
> On dyndns.com I paid $15 for 1 year service, don't know if I needed to though.

@149.99 the link below says that it would be three years to pay off
the cost of the modem.
Actually 2.5 years.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24730743-Arris-Tm722g-emta-now-for-sale-at-Best-Buy.