Buying your own internet modem is not just a great way to avoid paying rental fees from your ISP—choosing a better model than what your cable company offers lets you unlock better internet and network ...

Connect the modem to a wall outlet with a coax cable and plug the modem into an electrical outlet. Connect devices to the modem wirelessly, or with an ethernet cable to a LAN outlet on the modem. When ...

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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 ...

Nobody likes paying the cable company every month. Besides shelling out for internet access, it’s likely you have to spring for modem rental fees too. What gives? Let’s do the math: If you pay about ...

New Nighthawk cable modems deliver multigigabit internet speeds to work with the fastest internet service plans available SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR), the ...

HICKORY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CommScope today announced the launch of the ARRIS SURFboard S33 DOCSIS 3.1 multi-Gigabit cable modem, now available in the United States. As the newest modem in the ...

It’s kind of insane that internet service providers have convinced us it’s just as good to rent a cable modem instead of buying our own. Often, the modem we rent is inferior to what we could buy. It ...

A device used to connect one or more computers to a cable company's Internet service. The same coaxial cable coming into the house or office also provides TV and voice over IP (VoIP) service. Compared ...