Road Runner brought over a NIC and a Toshiba cable modem that supports Ethernet or USB. When he asked me if I just wanted him to try USB, I told him I'd rather have the NIC installed, so he didn't even bother with USB. The dude was super cool, so he even spliced a connection in for my TV and gave me a splitter, since my cable co. can't separate the data signal from the basic cable TV signal where I'm located, so I get free basic cable.