How to Swap Out a Time Warner Modem With Your Own Faster One

Re:How to Swap Out a Time Warner Modem With Your Own Faster One by bnycum on Saturday January 18, 2014 @08:44PM (#7083064)

Same situation with Comcast, except they started charging for theirs years ago. It started at $3, but was $8 / month by the time I bought my own modem 2 years ago. Best Buy will constantly run a sale on the Motorola SB6121 for around $50. Was a simple decision, plus I dumped that DOCSIS 2 modem for a 3 and gained some speed.

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Re:How to Swap Out a Time Warner Modem With Your Own Faster One by matsur on Saturday January 18, 2014 @09:05PM (#7083112)

Comcast fleeces you on the rental fee. However, if you cancel your modem rental but refuse to return their device, they charge you just $53 for it. Easily the lowest friction way into rolling from renting into owning your own modem.

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Re:How to Swap Out a Time Warner Modem With Your Own Faster One by zenocon on Saturday January 18, 2014 @11:58PM (#7083434)

Did you do that, and were you able to get it re-activated... or did they not disconnect, but just charged you the $53 ?

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Re:How to Swap Out a Time Warner Modem With Your Own Faster One by matsur on Monday January 20, 2014 @02:35PM (#7091351)

I was able to reactivate with the same device.

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