why are you stuck renting an EMTA model? Can't you buy your own? I got mine for free with free shipping. The catch was that there is a 2 year contract. I rented a modem 10 years ago and soon learned that with Altrio cable, service was just $15 with my own modem so I got a Toshiba. I used it till Altrio went bankrupt and Champion took over. Champion provided modems at no charge like TMW. Actually they just rolled the rental into the service fee. They stopped servicing my area so with Charter I'm back to using my own modem. Not many areas are serviced by two cable companies.
