said by OutOfState :I live in another state and my dad has comcast. He says they charge him a fee to rent his modem for cable. I am assuming he has one of the weakest tiers for the cable internet.
He told me if he gets a certain modem they will charge him since the modem is better than the tier of internet service that he has. This didn't make sense so I was gonna ask you guys what you thought.
If I get the MOTOROLA SB6121 SURFboard Cable Modem and my dad has the economy cable internet how much will he save a month and will he still be able to stay on economy?
Likely a misunderstanding. On Comcast you can buy your own cable modem and save $7 (I think?) a month. That's a savings of $84/year and most cable modems are cheaper than that.
For ~$70 he can buy a Cisco DPC3008 from Amazon or aZoom 5341J from B&H. Both those modems, along with the more expensive Motorola SB6141 are top of the line "8x4 stream" models in case your dad ever upgrades to a much faster service down the road.
There are older models available as well, but not for much less than $70. Something like a Motorola SB5101 is ~$50, but it's incapable of fully supporting Comcast's fastest tiers.
After he buys a modem, he can take the old one along with its power cord back to a local Comcast office and have the rental fee removed. He can also ask for the modem to be picked up...whichever is more convenient.
