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Re: MODEM - Options See this post for the results of bringing in another modem not directly authorized by Rogers/Teksavvy. For $30 more, you're saving yourself a world of future headaches. And I guess it's not 0% financing.  Buy the modem when you sign up and it becomes $90. $99 - $20 discount + $10 shipping. Or $80 if you can pick up from Teksavvy (can you?) That's pretty close to $76
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said by neuromancer1:- Finance/Rent-to-own D3 modem: $30 down + $15/mth for 6 months. (first month $45)
This pretty high for a DCM746 cable modem that sell for $76 CAD on the internet. People should be aware that are considering this should option that this extremely expensive.
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lleader
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Mississauga, ON
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said by TSI Marc:- Buyout existing rental modems: $85 (this includes Cellpipe and Sagemcom modems)
$85 for a used Cellpipe that Bell doesn't even give away any more? The same price as a Sagemcom? If this represents a deal you worked out with Bell you've been had.
Straight out question: are you paying Bell the same for rental Cellpipes as rental Sagemcoms?
I was thinking a max of $50 for the Cellpipe, with $25 being a more realistic price. Bell has to be (or will be) sitting on a sh@tload of Cellpipes they can't use. Heck, they should be paying to not have to go through the grief of taking them back. Seriously. |
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said by TSI Marc:- Buyout existing rental modems: $85 (this includes Cellpipe and Sagemcom modems)
Are rental modems new or refurbished before a TSI customer gets it? |
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lleader
join:2011-01-01
Mississauga, ON | said by bjlockie:Are rental modems new or refurbished before a TSI customer gets it?
I think you are misunderstanding this. This refers to the buyout option for current users that already have the modems. |
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You're killin' me TSI Mark. I just signed up Monday for 15/1 ASDL2 because there was no purchase option for a VDSL modem. It got hooked up just yesterday.
So now in two weeks it looks like I'm paying for a line speed change.  |
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said by neuromancer1:- Finance/Rent-to-own D3 modem: $30 down + $15/mth for 6 months. (first month $45)
This pretty high for a DCM746 cable modem that sell for $76 CAD on the internet. People should be aware that are considering this should option that this extremely expensive.
Why should TSI finance it for free when they're assuming the financial risk? Many of us here on the forums are honest people and wouldn't stop payments and not return the modem. But TSI has 200 000+ customers? There's going to be a lot of average people with bad credit and financial restraint. Just ask Rent-to-Own stores how many people default on electronic rentals because they're drug addicts and pawn them off.
In any case its $20 more than their selling price, you can compare it all you want to online warehouses, but even CC sold it for the same price TSI is, so its not a big price dependency. If you get a DOB modem, you have to ship it back, let them test it then they RMA back another one, which is what a 2 week process where you're out of Internet and no ISP in their right mind would credit you for downtime you caused by purchasing a modem from somewhere cheaper. Purchasing the modem from TSI offers a lot conveniences most if not all online stores will not give you.
said by lleader:said by TSI Marc:- Buyout existing rental modems: $85 (this includes Cellpipe and Sagemcom modems)
$85 for a used Cellpipe that Bell doesn't even give away any more? The same price as a Sagemcom? If this represents a deal you worked out with Bell you've been had. Straight out question: are you paying Bell the same for rental Cellpipes as rental Sagemcoms? I was thinking a max of $50 for the Cellpipe, with $25 being a more realistic price. Bell has to be (or will be) sitting on a sh@tload of Cellpipes they can't use. Heck, they should be paying to not have to go through the grief of taking them back. Seriously. People with cellpipes could always ask to be swapped to Sagemcom and then buy out that out instead of the Cellpipe. |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
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kudos:19 | reply to videonerd
said by videonerd:See this post for the results of bringing in another modem not directly authorized by Rogers/Teksavvy. For $30 more, you're saving yourself a world of future headaches. The problem is that neither of the two official modems (Cellpipe or Sagemcom) is capable of providing full speed in bridged mode at 50 Mbps. The only potential avenue, if a firmware update doesn't fix this, is to search out other modems that might do this. Those of us on stingers are particularly in a bind because the modems people find that work with the 7330s don't work for us.
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said by zeroreality:You're killin' me TSI Mark. I just signed up Monday for 15/1 ASDL2 because there was no purchase option for a VDSL modem. It got hooked up just yesterday.
So now in two weeks it looks like I'm paying for a line speed change.
I am pretty sure they will do this for free. |
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 TSI MarcPremium,VIP
join:2006-06-23
Chatham, ON
kudos:13 | reply to neuromancer1
said by neuromancer1:- Finance/Rent-to-own D3 modem: $30 down + $15/mth for 6 months. (first month $45)
This pretty high for a DCM746 cable modem that sell for $76 CAD on the internet. People should be aware that are considering this should option that this extremely expensive.
With $20 discount if you buy our modem... It's a decent option for those looking to spread the initial hit over 6 months.
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said by lleader:said by bjlockie:Are rental modems new or refurbished before a TSI customer gets it?
I think you are misunderstanding this. This refers to the buyout option for current users that already have the modems. How did I misunderstand?
I want to know if the Sagemcom was new when I received it as a rental. |
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TSI MarcPremium,VIP
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kudos:13 | Yes.. |
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Even though i just signed up I think I'll just rent the Sagemcom modem for a month or two until I hear a better option is available. |
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| said by afterburn999:Even though i just signed up I think I'll just rent the Sagemcom modem for a month or two until I hear a better option is available.
Me too, $85 can go towards a modem that works in bridge mode at 50/10.
Plus I've already paid rental for a month. |
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Is that a yes the rental Sagemcom was new when I got it or is that yes to someone else? |
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Found this interesting Blog post:
Relinquish control of your Bell Fibe router.
I think I've read this before on the forums too, about if you're able set the VLAN ID for Internet on VDSL, you can get away with not using Bell's modems. This person used a Debian based solution.
Anyone know of consumer routers that can set the VLAN ID out of the box or DD-WRT or Tomato builds that can do this? |
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TSI MarcPremium,VIP
join:2006-06-23
Chatham, ON
kudos:13 | reply to bjlockie
said by bjlockie:Is that a yes the rental Sagemcom was new when I got it or is that yes to someone else? Sorry, modems should all be new..
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TSI MarcPremium,VIP
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Chatham, ON
kudos:13 | reply to TSI Marc
Just looking into this further but on the BYOM from. It's looking like it needs to be a modem purchased from bell one way or another.. They ask for a serial number... Not cool! We'll have to dig into that some more.
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lleader
join:2011-01-01
Mississauga, ON | Perhaps they need the serial number so that they can target any firmware push to specific modems.
If your chosen modem is not a Cellpipe/Sagemcom maybe it won't matter. |
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| said by lleader:Perhaps they need the serial number so that they can target any firmware push to specific modems.
If your chosen modem is not a Cellpipe/Sagemcom maybe it won't matter.
I was JUST thinking that. You beat me to the punch by posting it first.
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