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<blockquote data-quote="Coded-Dude" data-source="post: 2723496" data-attributes="member: 16918"><p>The decision for me to pull the trigger on a third party modem was simple. Reading reviews of people who leased first.....they noticed faster speeds on purchased third party modems rather than leased modems(maybe COX is installing custom firmware or something similar, but that is pure speculation). Either way, if you plan to keep your service for more than a year, it makes sense to buy a decent modem rather than lease one(at around $5/mo, a $50 modem will pay for itself in the first 10 months). YMMV I'll have to check the bill to see what service I actually have, but if I do have "Preferred," I am still getting 10Mbps faster than what they are offering(50Mbps). I'm sure the speeds change during peak hours, but I still have enough bandwidth to VPN into a CA server and get my work done on a remote virtual machine. Nver really tried doing hourly speed tests to see what I am getting on a regular basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coded-Dude, post: 2723496, member: 16918"] The decision for me to pull the trigger on a third party modem was simple. Reading reviews of people who leased first.....they noticed faster speeds on purchased third party modems rather than leased modems(maybe COX is installing custom firmware or something similar, but that is pure speculation). Either way, if you plan to keep your service for more than a year, it makes sense to buy a decent modem rather than lease one(at around $5/mo, a $50 modem will pay for itself in the first 10 months). YMMV I'll have to check the bill to see what service I actually have, but if I do have "Preferred," I am still getting 10Mbps faster than what they are offering(50Mbps). I'm sure the speeds change during peak hours, but I still have enough bandwidth to VPN into a CA server and get my work done on a remote virtual machine. Nver really tried doing hourly speed tests to see what I am getting on a regular basis. [/QUOTE]
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