On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:31 AM, someone <[email protected]> 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. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
