What to do with ADSL modems

Now that I am on FTTP I have an abundance of ADSL modems that just need factory resets to be used again. I see some Zyxels going for £10-15 on Ebay so not going to get my money back, I paid around £30. Any other suggestions before I list them?

How many people are going to buy anything to do with ADSL? There can't be that many still on ADSL. I still have the original stingray modem, I am thinking of mounting it in a frame for my computer room.

I have a load of routers and modems, not really much cope now, I suppose i could use the Zyxel as an extension.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

How many people are going to buy anything to do with ADSL? There can't be that many still on ADSL. I still have the original stingray modem, I am thinking of mounting it in a frame for my computer room.

I have a load of routers and modems, not really much cope now, I suppose i could use the Zyxel as an extension.

A company I worked for in the early 2000's used one of them for their new ADSL service and it had a network switch connected to it, but you had to keep it connected via a dial up style interface or it disconnected

E-waste, or see if the guy who runs The Uplink Port YouTube channel and for some reason is building an ISP from 2005 in his shed wants them for the cost of shipping.

In reply to a post by Banger:

I see some Zyxels going for £10-15 on Ebay so not going to get my money back, I paid around £30.

If you can get £15 then you're doing well - it's better than zero. Presumably you used it for a while - consider the loss as rental.

In reply to a post by Banger:

Now that I am on FTTP I have an abundance of ADSL modems that just need factory resets to be used again. I see some Zyxels going for £10-15 on Ebay so not going to get my money back, I paid around £30. Any other suggestions before I list them?

VDSL surely?

Crikey yes better change listing was thinking of the Speedtouch which need to recycle.

In reply to a post by CJT:

A company I worked for in the early 2000's used one of them for their new ADSL service and it had a network switch connected to it, but you had to keep it connected via a dial up style interface or it disconnected

I had a lodger here when I changed from dial up to ADSL. I had a computer in my bedroom connected via modem to the net and then her computer and my computer that was downstairs connected to that via Internet connection sharing. I used a 10BASE2 network to connect them all together. When we went to ADSL, just stuck the ADSL modem in the dial modems place.

It worked fine until she got her own place and I had no need for network. Then routers started to become a thing

Last year I managed to sell my old TalkTalk Hub for £27 on Ebay. But actually, it was more or a less brand new. Even though TalkTalk had asked me to return the router, I had a replacement router for, which TalkTalk had only requested to return the latter.

However, I have no success selling my Sky Q Hub router that has only 2 LAN ports. I reduced the price of it to £11 from £17 but only have 1 watcher.

What I find weird is that people are buying Sky Master Microfilter RJ11 for around the same price as my router that also includes the very same Sky Master Microfilter as part of it! No idea why people are not buying the router when they will have it included for free. But anyway, I just have to wait and hope.

I've also got additional separate micro filters that are brand new. These are also now completely useless with FTTP. Even with FTTC you don't need separate micro filters as you have one inbuilt with the master socket pre-fitted.

I switched to Community Fibre last month and this service is far superior. No Openreach FTTP yet, only FTTC. I also, don't see myself going back to FTTC never mind ADSL.

Actually, as far as I am aware once your area gets upgraded to FTTC, you can't even order an ADSL service. The same is true if Openreach FTTP arrives. You won't be able to switch to FTTC even if you want to as packages will only show FTTP options.

This is why it's very difficult to sell ADSL modems as most people don't use ADSL even in rural areas now. I guess if they were put on sale a few years back we would've had better success!

Most people in our street are still on adsl.

Bit like yourself a while back. No need for fast speed and are happy with the price they are paying.