I've been paying $60 per month for only a 50 mbps cable internet. In that $60 includes a $10 equipment rental charge plus tax. Despite only giving me 50 mbps, the cable company always tries to increase my bill twice a year. At the end of the year, they like to increase the equipment charge and surcharges. I call them to fight and get the bill down. Then a few months later. they increase the rate of the internet service. Again, I got to fight again.
I'm getting sick of this and while I can't eliminate this headache, I feel like I can mitigate it by getting my own modem and return the one I'm renting from the cable company. I can knock that bill down by $10 a month.
Does anyone else feel it's worth buying a cable modem as opposed to renting? Are there any caveats that I need to be aware of?
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I've been paying $60 per month for only a 50 mbps cable internet. In that $60 includes a $10 equipment rental charge plus tax. Despite only giving me 50 mbps, the cable company always tries to increase my bill twice a year. At the end of the year, they like to increase the equipment charge and surcharges. I call them to fight and get the bill down. Then a few months later. they increase the rate of the internet service. Again, I got to fight again.
I'm getting sick of this and while I can't eliminate this headache, I feel like I can mitigate it by getting my own modem and return the one I'm renting from the cable company. I can knock that bill down by $10 a month.
Does anyone else feel it's worth buying a cable modem as opposed to renting? Are there any caveats that I need to be aware of?
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