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by cptskippy 2034 days ago
Additionally, the major cable providers (e.g. Comcast, Spectrum) all support BYOD and actively maintain lists of certified devices you can purchase.

I was on Comcast for over 15 years and never once used their equipment.

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The equipment thing is in reference to their latest cap rollout universally (it's now applied everywhere, instead of just the areas they don't really have competition in) - $30/m addon to remove the cap or $10 (13?)/m if you rent their gateway.

Anecdotally, I used to get an obnoxious amount of robocalls and emails asking to rent their modem back in the day ("We've noticed that you have an older modem that isn't giving you the best service possible.") when I was on a low plan as a backup service. I wonder if they still do that.