XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: dannydiamico@gmail.com   
      
   What hardware do you recommend for EMTA addition to an existing Docsys 3.0   
   modem?   
      
   Just called Comcast to help a kid out on her first apartment outside the   
   dorms at college, and I haven't kept up on Internet (I'm on WISP).   
      
   Here's what Comcast told me over the phone:   
   A.  $50/month   
   Brand: "Performance Plus Saver Double Play"   
   Price: $49.99/month (plus tax, plus any rentals, plus any installation)   
   Contract: 2 years   
   Speed: 55Mbps down, 5Mbps up, no bandwidth caps   
   VOIP: Unlimited nationwide calling (requires Docsys 3.0 EMTA modem).   
   TV: no   
      
   B. $60/month   
   Brand: "Internet Plus Choice"   
   Price: $59.99/month   
   Contract: 1 year   
   Speed: 55Mbps down, 5Mbps up, no bandwidth caps   
   VOIP: no   
   TV: no   
   (Yes, I know it's more money for less ... that's marketing.)   
      
   C. $90/month   
   Brand: "X1 Starter Doubleplay"   
   Price: $89.99/month   
   Contract: 1 year   
   Speed: 100Mbps down, 5Mbps up, no bandwidth caps   
   VOIP: no   
   TV: 140 digital channels   
      
   D. $110/month   
   Brand: "Xfinity Voice Unlimited"   
   Price: $109.99/month   
   Contract: 1 year   
   Speed: 100Mbps down, 5Mbps up, no bandwidth caps   
   VOIP: Unlimited nationwide calling (requires Docsys 3.0 EMTA modem).   
   TV: 140 digital channels   
      
   The kid probably only needs "B" but "A" is cheaper (that's marketing), at   
   least for the first two years (which will be long enough as she's a junior)   
   so now that leaves the EMTA "thing" up in the air.   
      
   I shipped her a two-year old Costco Arris SB6141 modem, which is Docsys   
   3.0, along with a 2-year old Netgear AC1700 router (which is fast enough),   
   but I didn't have anything called EMTA in my spare box.   
      
   What do you recommend for this EMTA capability?   
   Is it just a modem with an RJ11 port for a regular phone line?   
      
   PS: We'll go for the "self install" kit, which will probably cost $15 or   
   $20 (or less) just to have them flash the modem - which will save the $10   
   per month modem rental - and where if we need to, we'll buy a new modem   
   that is EMTA capable but the kid doesn't even want VOIP as she lives on a   
   cell phone.   
      
   PSS: I haven't pressure-washed the pots yet (have to hide them from the   
   wife for a while until I clean them up. I told her they are still soaking.)   
      
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