[ale] Xfinity Modem -- lease or buy recoomendations

Scott McBrien smcbrien at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 17:23:55 EDT 2015


That new gizmo has a vlan'ed Xfinity Wireless that it offers that is part of the contract with them...

-Scott

> On Sep 28, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have business class with static IP so mine is leased. That means ANY problems are their problem. I have my own gear connected to a single network port on their device. Don't care about the extra $10/mo. They are pushing to upgrade my service and provide a new gizmo with builtin wireless which will HAVE to be DISABLED or I wrap the antennae in double layer insulated foil and ground it.
> 
>> On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 13:08 -0400, H P Ladds wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Clear, my Internet service provider, is shutting down. So I'm switching to Xfinity -- because I have no practical alternatives in my neighborhood.
>> 
>> I'm inclined to buy my own modem, but wonder how this has worked for other folks and what model would be recommended?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Preston
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