Well Comcast has decided they are upping the Cable Modem rental fee to ten dollars a month, so I'm looking for a solid cable modem that is also a router & Wifi. I prefer a combo as this apartment is old so I'm relying on surge protectors on limited amounts of electrical ports to cover everything so I'd rather not have two devices. I'd probably want to stay below $150 so I wind up recouping my cost within a year.