Every month, when your Comcast bill arrives, chances are there's a charge included for renting the combination modem/router you use for internet access. It's $10 a month, and that means you are ...

Each month, when your Comcast bill comes due, many of you pay a monthly fee for the device that provides internet access in your homes. Rental for what’s known as the Xfinity Gateway typically runs ...

Some devices are fine with Wi-Fi connection while others work best with a wired connection, but there are options for modem router combo for Comcast. So which should you buy for your place, a modem or ...

Yes, you can buy your own cable modem, and you might want to, given the excellent throughput and dead-simple setup of the Netgear C3000 WiFi Cable Modem Router. Router only supports up to 300Mbps ...

Since last year, Comcast’s wireless gateways have by default broadcast a second signal that turns each customer’s modem and router into a public Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s all part of Comcast’s plan to ...

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I’m not going to begrudge anyone for using the modem and router that their ISP provides them. You shouldn’t—because you’re probably paying your ISP to “rent” a device that isn’t very good—but not ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A cable modem and WiFi router are the heart and brain of ...

Q. My cable company tells me I have to lease a modem. Can I buy my own? Any advice on how I should go about that? A. In the two years since I last covered this topic here, a few things have changed in ...

The arrival of gigabit fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service has shaken up the North American Internet market in a big way. Cable companies are feeling the heat and racing to join the gigabit bandwagon, ...

I switched jobs recently, and with that change came a new Dell D610 laptop. My old job supplied me with a Dell C610 laptop. Using the old laptop, I could connect to my company's VPN using the Cisco ...

Q I'm having Internet connection problems with my Comcast cable modem. Recently I unplugged my laptop from the modem and plugged in my wife's computer. Later I reconnected my laptop to the modem, but ...