This is _probably_ true with my current cable ISP, Virgin (UK). It was certainly not true with Zen over VDSL. With BT I had their VDSL modem plus my own router.

This is _probably_ true with my current cable ISP, Virgin (UK). It was certainly not true with Zen over VDSL. With BT I had their VDSL modem plus my own router. The trouble are the cable providers because they need to "pair" the devices, and they don't want to do it with 3rd party, like AVM Fritz!boxes, even though could easily handle it. For financial reasons I have not bought a replacement cable router that may or may not work yet.