 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
 ·Clear Wireless
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Re: Nice... said by jester121:(although they add the $3 modem rental fee right from the start, so it's $65.95 and $142.95 for the 22/5 and 50/5 tier respectively -- I guess BYOM isn't available yet?) Current MSRP on the DOCSIS 3 modems is still around $500/unit. Even assuming you get one on the open market for 35% off MSRP you're looking at $325.
At a rental rate of $3/mo, it would take 109 months (over 9 years) before you break even. |
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | I figured as much. My next question will be, since I have Digital Voice, is there a combo unit so I can only pay the $3 once? Right now I have my owned Linksys cable modem along with the whatcha-ma-callit voice box thingie. |
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 EGThe wings of lovePremium
join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ
kudos:9 | reply to espaeth
said by espaeth:said by jester121:(although they add the $3 modem rental fee right from the start, so it's $65.95 and $142.95 for the 22/5 and 50/5 tier respectively -- I guess BYOM isn't available yet?) Current MSRP on the DOCSIS 3 modems is still around $500/unit. Even assuming you get one on the open market for 35% off MSRP you're looking at $325. At a rental rate of $3/mo, it would take 109 months (over 9 years) before you break even. Another consideration is that I don't believe that they will even provision a non rented modem for service on their network as of yet. |
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