Many people continue to pay Comcast and other cable-based ISPs monthly fees to rent cable modems. But with a little research, you can buy your own modem outright and save money in the long run. The ...

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 ...

Last week, I explained how Comcast’s (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and (NASDAQ:CMCSK) broadband customers who buy their own cable modem are earning 11% per month on their investment. I estimated that as much as 25% ...

Dealing with the cable company is about as much fun as dragging your nails across a chalk board. So Time Warner’s recent notice informing thousands of customers they would now be charged an extra fee ...

"Comcast customers can eliminate this fee entirely from their bill simply by buying and using their own: for example, a new DOCSIS 3.0 modem sells for $70 new on Amazon, which would pay for itself in ...

A cable modem’s lights blinking can represent not just data flowing into your house but money flowing out of your bank account. How much? Probably more than what you paid a year ago to rent the same ...

The question you need to answer is "How important is it to me to be up 24/7/365?" Unless you get a TON of lightning strikes each year, it is cheaper to own your own modem. But if you are in any way ...

reporting from washington — Thousands of Time Warner Cable Inc. customers who bought their own modems for high-speed Internet service could end up paying to rent one anyway after Charter ...