[smitelli]

Having recently cancelled AT&T fiber service, their router (Arris BGW210-700) was definitely still AT&T property and they seemed to have every intention of collecting it from me. They had been charging $10/mo "equipment rental" fees for the entire time.

When the prepaid shipping box never arrived, I called them and inquired. The representative told me that, since it was 5+ years old, they didn't want it and I should throw it out as e-waste. I still have it in a closet somewhere.

Might be a regional difference, but in my case I never felt that the box was mine.

[egberts1]

I bought the same ATT router outright.

They'll have to pry it from my cold dead hand when I move.