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Originally Posted by Record10ti

They lied. Before I got Comcast I was at the CL retail place on 441. I told them I would do my own install with my own device. Some snotty chick cocked her head like a dog trying to understand what I was saying and informed me that "Only a computer expert lilke (ours) theirs would even have the first idea how to install the internet".

Um, yeah.

TP-LINK TD-8616 ADSL2+ Modem Up to 24Mbps downstream ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+ Standards 1 x RJ11 Port, 1 x RJ45 - Newegg.com

That modem will do you well. Then, get a decent router and WiFi from there. I will hold back on my opinions on what is good being as I have a WatchGuard T50 in my home.

WatchGuard Firebox T50-W - security appliance - WGT51033-US - Firewalls/UTMs - CDW.com

Wow! $2400 for your modem/router? You are a serious internet person. You obviously speak IT. I wish I understood this stuff better so I could configure my own modem and router, but I tend to guess until it works. I can hook up the comcast modem/router without having a tech come to my house. Also, I have the ability to go online to the comcast gateway site and change my comcast given password and even the assigned router name, through a lot of painstaking trial and error. But then, I can hardly keep my printer talking to my two computers, or set up my network/work group so that both computers are accessible from each other. Oh well.