Very good advice....I'll be here a while so I think I'll buy the modem. Cleve
On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 11:48, Brad Bendily wrote: > My suggestion for buying or not buying the cable modem is this: > > 1. If you are going to be in your same > location for more than 1 year, then buy the modem. > They cost around $100. If you rent then after 10 months at $10 > a month for the cable modem rental then you'll have paid for the > purchase. The down side here is that if your modem breaks > you don't get a new one for free. Whereas if you're renting then > you'll get the new modem for free. My Toshiba PCX2200 I found > out has a 5 year warranty. But how many hoops will you have to > jump through to find out that the modem is bad and try to get > Toshiba to replace it??? or any company for that matter. > If you aren't renting the modem then Cox may blame any problems > on the modem and claim they can't help you. > > 2. If you might move locations in 6 months or you thing that > in 6 months you might try DSL then it may be best to just keep > renting your cable modem. And with the rental you get Cox's > full support of the modem and a "theoretical" replacement anytime > policy. (That's my theory.) > > > If you buy the modem then you do have the possibility to sell the > modem on eBay at some later time. > > I had cable service when it was [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't buy the modem > then, but I had service for about 1.5 years. Then i moved and had > to get new service. It was cheaper to get "new" service rather > than "move" the old service. Which to me doesn't make since. I had > to pay $5 or something to keep my existing email accounts in tact. > That doesn't make since to me. It's just laziness on Cox's part. > I manage a network, I know what it takes to keep an account in tact. > > I decided to buy the modem this time around. I save $10 a month, and > hopefully I'll be here more than 1 year. It should pay off then. > When I'm done with the cable modem then hopefully I can sell it on > eBay without much loss. > > Plus I qualify for the GeauxBox. It's a collaboration Cox is doing > with LSU. Basically you get a $10 a month discount on internet > cable service. It's a good deal. > > > > That's my 2 cents. > > -- > Brad Bendily - CNA > > On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Cleve Allison wrote: > > > Brad, I'm not sure if they will swap it out or not. But I'm thinking > > about buying one possibly. > > Cleve > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
