Plus one for Motorola. I've had a SB6120 for years now and no problems. It's not the latest, but DOCSIS 3 spec support and gigabit Ethernet port on it will handle those speeds just fine. -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:20 AM, John Frisk <john.a.frisk at gmail.com> wrote: > If you plan on switching your landline to comcast they require a EMTA type > cable modem for which you must rent and cannot buy on your own. The rental > is $7/month I believe. > If you drop the landline and just do cable modem, you can get the Motorola > 3008 series ( I think) from microcenter for about $70. > > On Jun 18, 2014 11:25 PM, "Jeff Jensen" <jjensen at apache.org> wrote: >> >> I'm probably switching from CenturyLink to Comcast [yes, both are loser >> monopoly companies] since CL top speed to my house is 12/.8 and planning on >> CC 50/10. >> >> I prefer to buy a good modem/router (and wonder about the "lucky dip" >> they'll send). Plus, at $8 rental, a purchase pays for itself in 8-16 >> months (depends on price of course). >> >> I plan to switch the landline as well. Does the cable modem then need a >> phone connector/jack as well or what is the connection? (I've only ever used >> DSL) >> >> I've been looking at [0] and [1]. I'm a Netgear fan so the N450 and N600 >> stand out to me. But I did not see any of them mention phone capability. >> >> I don't need wireless on it (have another unit that provides that) but >> fine if it does. My current DSL router has it but I turned it off. >> >> So I'm wondering if anyone has cable modem purchase recommendations for >> me? Or is the recommendation to rent theirs? >> >> >> [0] http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/ >> [1] http://mynewmodem.comcast.net/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >