As I'm sure most know by now, my apartment was recently burgled. They got my computer and everything that went with it, including the router/modem for my internet/home phone. I need to replace it, as I still have my laptop with me, and kind of need internet at home, since two of my classes are largely internet based.
So, I just got off the phone with AT&T, who provides my service. t's a phone DSL, and they told me the specific make and model I had was a 2Wire 2701hg-b router/modem.
I looked online, and the cheapest it's going for is roughly $60, and that's on ebay. it retails for $100. I cannot afford this. My question then is, is there a cheaper equivalent I can obtain, or do I HAVE to have that specific make and model for my internet/home phone.
Help...? This is just one item on a long list of things I need to address, and I'm hoping to get it squared away before I return to houston and start talking to the police. So if anyone can help, or give me a list of equivalent items I can purchase relatively cheap, I'd me very very appreciative. preferably obtainable via walmart, as that's the only credit card I hadn't needed to cancel, as everything pertaining to it is with me.
Also, as a final note, I'm a bit technologically challenged when it comes to hardware. the extent of my knowledge of my router for the last few years has been, "plug this cord in, and I have internet."
So, I just got off the phone with AT&T, who provides my service. t's a phone DSL, and they told me the specific make and model I had was a 2Wire 2701hg-b router/modem.
I looked online, and the cheapest it's going for is roughly $60, and that's on ebay. it retails for $100. I cannot afford this. My question then is, is there a cheaper equivalent I can obtain, or do I HAVE to have that specific make and model for my internet/home phone.
Help...? This is just one item on a long list of things I need to address, and I'm hoping to get it squared away before I return to houston and start talking to the police. So if anyone can help, or give me a list of equivalent items I can purchase relatively cheap, I'd me very very appreciative. preferably obtainable via walmart, as that's the only credit card I hadn't needed to cancel, as everything pertaining to it is with me.
Also, as a final note, I'm a bit technologically challenged when it comes to hardware. the extent of my knowledge of my router for the last few years has been, "plug this cord in, and I have internet."
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