I don’t hold that against Comcast. In my opinion, there are other options that are just as good, if not better, than having to pay for and installing a second Comcast Broadband Cable Modem.

If you want to expand your wireless coverage, you could install an extra access point in your home or business. With the new wireless access point expanders such as the Linksys Wireless-G Range Expander WRE54G Repeater and others, you do not even have to plug in a hardwire cable for the access point. You can simply place the wireless repeater within the range (toward the extreme range) of your main access point or wireless router, and it “bounces” the signals out to other remote wireless devices on your network. This has the affect of increasing your network range on the hop. You could theoretically blanket a wide area network using this wireless repeater technique, making your whole area a hot spot.

Also, with adding a simple, low cost wireless USB receiver/transmitter network device on any desktop PC, you can now place that PC anywhere in your house or workplace and gain Internet access, as well as hooking up to your own local area network, without having to drill holes in walls in order to run a hardwire Ethernet cable from one access point to another.

So, take a close look at those options before drilling a ton of holes in your walls. Using these types of wireless repeater devices could end up saving you time and money, and make your home, office, or business a hot spot today.

Best regards,

Jim