You obviously hate overpaying for internet service as much as anyone else, but you might not realize that you don’t have to overpay quite as much as you probably are. Cable companies charge customers ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The best cable modems reduce your monthly bills since you won’t have to pay your ISP to rent a modem from them. By investing in a modem of your own upfront, those monthly costs won’t add up. You also ...

I don’t know about all cable companies but Comcast (AKA Xfinity) now charges $14 a month to rent a cable modem. However, depending on the speed of your service, you can buy your own modem for under ...

A cable modem bridges a connection between a subscriber's place of business or residence and an Internet service provider's cable modem termination system. The modem allows an Ethernet-compatible ...

Welcome to Tech 911 week. Since a lot of us are stuck in our homes or apartments, I’m answering at least one of your questions about working from home each day. (And I might even do one big rapid-fire ...

For the last couple of weeks I've had "hiccups" every other day or so in my internet connection (Comcast with a Motorola SB5100 modem). I look over at the modem and the "Send" light is usually ...

I'm trying to swap my quad-core AM1 Untangle firewall box (40 watts) for an A1SRi-based firewall box (22 watts). Try as I may, the A1SRi box will not pull an IP address via DHCP from the modem. I've ...