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They do what now? I've never heard of an ISP charging for their own equipment.
by Filligree 3y ago
They do what now? I've never heard of an ISP charging for their own equipment.
- JohnFen 3y agoYes, they do. Further, my experience with Comcast specifically is that every three months, they "forget" that I don't rent a modem from them and just start charging me the rental fee anyway. Then I have to call them up to tell them to remove the charges and stop adding new ones.
- karaterobot 3y agoWhen Americans complain about Comcast, it's not a meme, they are actually an awful company. But for the record: If you just sign up for Comcast (XFinity, whatever) and use the internet, you are renting a modem/router combo from them for about $10 a month, in perpetuity. You can buy an off the shelf modem/router for a couple hundred bucks, and use that instead. It'll pay off in a year or two. You have to call Comcast up and activate the device, but it's otherwise a completely painless process.
- dazilcher 3y agoYou can use the Xfinity mobile app to activate your own modem. No call required (anymore).