Flashing question

Quick question for the more knowlegable of you out there;

I just received my 4th TP from Verizon /Assurion (all screen issues) and was excited to take it out of the box, but dismayed to find out it was a refurb. I've been running DCD's ROM on all my previous phone and they worked like a champ. I went to install it on this phone, and in the middle of the RUU, it unlocks, gets to the part where the progress bar is on the screen and then says there's been a communication error and I have to restart the RUU. Treid that a few times along with the following;

Re-downloading the ROM
Flashing via the SD card
Rebooting the computer
Replacing the USB cable
Different USB ports

Thinking there was maybe a bug in the ROm (doubtful as its been phenominal) and just downloaded and tried MightyROM as well, and same issue.

Any ideas? This phone just isnt as fun with the stock ROM..
Thanks in advance