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Do any of you *actually* own your modems?

When broadband first hit my streets (literally by the noise they made... :mad: ) I got my connection set up and, actually paid for my own modem (Terayon TereJet) and bought it outright.

I hear NTL doesn't allow that anymore :confused:

I save £5 every month on any broadband package going upto 2Mbs speed... (£20 - 600Kb or £30 - 1Mb)

Is everyone now consigned to the "rental" concept?

Thanks.

TTFN
 
i used to be with telewest and rented the modem with there package now i have moved i have my own modem for adsl

ps telewest came and picked up there modem after me having it for four months at my new address if you dont give it back they charge you £250 so look after them modem's guys <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
 
So I'm in a pretty good position then... :cool:

I like my modem - and I can say MY modem <img border="0" alt="[Drool]" title="" src="graemlins/drool.gif" />

As long as I keep it working, I can take it anywhere that has digital CATV installed and run by NTL... Hmmmm Not many parts of the city I live in now, interesting! <img border="0" alt="[Shrug]" title="" src="graemlins/shrug.gif" />

Aren't DIY ADSL kits available now for areas with ADSL capability? (Just thinking to an advert I read in my PC trade catalogue...)

Thanks

TTFN
 
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My friend (who has now posted below) bought his modem.

<small>[ 25.11.2002, 10:27 PM: Message edited by: jimmy b ]</small>
 
<img border="0" alt="[Shrug]" title="" src="graemlins/shrug.gif" /> I too paid for my NTL cable modem and now pay £50 a month for a 1Mb connection. This includes rental for a modem I don't rent and is £15 higher than non-NTL cable firms. Am not sure BT is the only company who can have a monopoly on what we do as I have no choice but to stay with them or decrease my connection.
 
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by <freedom>:
<strong> <img border="0" alt="[Shrug]" title="" src="graemlins/shrug.gif" /> I too paid for my NTL cable modem and now pay £50 a month for a 1Mb connection. This includes rental for a modem I don't rent and is £15 higher than non-NTL cable firms. Am not sure BT is the only company who can have a monopoly on what we do as I have no choice but to stay with them or decrease my connection.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Poor you having to have to pay £50 for a 1mb connection. :D <img border="0" alt="[Laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laugh.gif" />
 
You have my deepest sympathies... I know what BTaDSL can be like. :mad:

My area makes me quite fortunate as, all the areas where I can afford to live are wired up and ready.

The areas around me that are tooooo expensive to live in, they're suffering the upgrading still...
<img border="0" alt="[Laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laugh.gif" />

(You could buy a single side of a double garage for only £50,000!!! <img border="0" alt="[Crap]" title="" src="graemlins/crap.gif" /> )

NTL moves in mysterious ways...

TTFN

:p

<small>[ 25.11.2002, 11:38 PM: Message edited by: Fallon ]</small>
 
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I'd rather rent my modem as at least when it breaks i can get it fixed for free and i know it will always be supported by blueyonder and the firmware will constantly be upgraded. What you gonna do when a new docsis comes out? or summat totally new!
 
I have considered the ramnifications of *owning* the modem, but as I play with and repair satellite digi-boxes, repair isn't a major crippling problem.

It came with a five year warranty and is the only one that my part of the NTL network likes to use.

Over time, owning saves a heck of an amount of money over renting, naturally...

I don't anticipate this modem being defunct within the timescale of it's warranty especially, as it is NTL we're talking about... :D

As long as I own my MAC address, I can replace the modem with another NTL approved modem without any objections. Just need to re-register the MAC in place of the old one.

This was part of the contract when I signed my soul for the internet. <img border="0" alt="[Laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laugh.gif" />

A rather drastic method for replacement:

Drop modem out of first floor window,
Phone insurance and say it was an accident...
Fib.

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

After all considerations, buying was better for me financially and in the two years I've had this modem; the only problem with it is that it fails during a power cut... :rolleyes:

TTFN

Alex
 
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