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Poll: Do you pay rent on your modem?

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Do you pay rent for your modem?  

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I've noticed that some people pay for there modem + internet. I know I don't how about you?

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I rent mine because I can exchange it every time a new one is on the market to the latest one without extra charges.

Additionally I have a warranty as long as I rent it. When I buy it only 1 year.

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Currently renting, but later I'll get my own once I switch my ISP. (It has routing/wifi built in, but we all know those are s*** so my router handles everything besides modulation)

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I don't know for sure if we pay for it but it is a rental and I do not doubt thet a few extra dollars are thrown on the bill for renting it. I do plan on buying my own modem in the future to alleviate that.

 

Also the modems WebUI for router functions like port forwarding, DHCP, wireless options, etc is crap. Super slow and the layout is confusing.

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I own my modem, because you'd be an idiot to pay to rent one.

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4 minutes ago, Hip said:

I rent mine because I can exchange it every time a new one is on the market to the latest one without extra charges.

Additionally I have a warranty as long as I rent it. When I buy it only 1 year.

Same with me. I can get a new one whenever I want for free.

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I wish I could, I got charged 150$ for some shitty huawei modem that I cant change because my ISP has this weird policy that they dont let me use my own modem because they wont whitelist the MAC ID of the new device.

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well yes and no, we dont pay anything aditional to use the modem/router combo from my ISP, but it has to go back once we stop using them iirc(which is a good thing because its fucking garbage)

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My isp charges way to much for crappy unreliable modems from 10 years ago. So I just went to bestbuy and got a nice $100 one and had it for 3 years now and I haven't had a problem with it. But my isp really didn't want to activate it when I initially installed it. 

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my isp sent a hit squad after me for that equipment i paid for it straight out when i moved. but because they deal with the renting thing they assumed i stole the modem from my last place. I actually had to contact their support to tell the hit squad to stop. it took weeks before they stopped calling me had to go through fiscal and everything to get it straightened out.

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My ISP charges but we bought our own. So we saved about $120 a year.

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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included for free, except when you physically damage it or don't return it.

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I purchased my own when I moved into my current house a few years ago. It has since paid for itself. The rental for a modem from my isp is about $5 a month. I would much rather pay $100 up front for a good modem and save money in the long run. 

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