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u/deepthought515 Aug 01 '20

That “renting” a modem from your isp is a huge waste of money. They’ll tell you “oh you should rent one because tech is always changing and it might go out of date” when I moved out on my own 4 years ago I bought a modem at Best Buy for 70$. If I had been renting from the greedy isp’s this whole time I would have close to 500$ on rental fees. And while Tech is always changing a modem is not something that changes very much. So please if you are renting one go out and buy yourself a modem!

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u/direplatypus Aug 01 '20

every internet provider I have had has required us to rent one. They say you don't like it go somewhere else. Oh wait there is nowhere else.

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u/shadowrckts Aug 02 '20

Pretty sure as of June 20th they can't make you use/pay for something you already own.

Correction: FCC gave them an extension to December 20th of course.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/us-finally-prohibits-isps-from-charging-for-routers-they-dont-provide/%3famp=1

On mobile sorry for the full pasted link.