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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Interesting. Have any UVerse users had this problem? I have actually had an issue with their (AT&T’s) equipment. They’re not perfect, by any stretch. These sorts of Shenanigans don’t seem to be an issue for me however.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-- <br>W. Scott Lockwood III </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ufo-bounces@ufo.chicago.il.us [mailto:ufo-bounces@ufo.chicago.il.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Calvin Pryor<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 25, 2011 5:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> ufo@ufo.chicago.il.us<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [UFO Chicago] Cable modems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have Comcrap as well. I haven't purchased a separate modem because Comcast will only provide support for their modems. Having to deal with the manufacturer myself, and the possibility of having to wait several business days for a replacement (or pay a small fortune for overnite shipping) was reason enough for me to keep renting their modem. Plus, if you purchase your own, it would be giving Comcast an easy scapegoat. I am 100% positive they would blame all connection issues on your "customer bought" modem and try to dump you off on the manufacturer. When my cable modem got bricked after some heavy lightning, I just went to a Comcast center, got a new modem and was back online in less than 3 hours. It's a rip but it does have some benefits. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------<br>Calvin Pryor<br><a href="mailto:calvinpryor@gmail.com" target="_blank">calvinpryor@gmail.com</a><br>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Brian Sobolak <<a href="mailto:brian@planetshwoop.com">brian@planetshwoop.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>My cable company (Comcrap) now charges me $7/month to rent a modem from<br>them. This is 100% more than when I started renting this from them in<br>2007. What's more, *it's the same modem*.<br><br>Anyone purchased and used a cable modem with success?<br><br>brian<br><span style='color:#888888'><br>--<br>_______________________________________________<br>UFO Chicago -- Users of Free Operating Systems<br>Free Software Rules -- Proprietary Drools!<br><a href="http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ufo" target="_blank">http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ufo</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>