Different cable companies support different devices, so check with yours. Cable Modem I recently upgraded my Xfinity service from 200 Mbps to a gigabit, which required that I have a Docsis 3.1 modem.

That’s the scenario usually addressed in reviews of cable modems at such sites as Wirecutter (a New York Times-owned site to which I contribute) and PCMag. But if you get gigabit service, you ...

So instead of renting a modem, buy one: The Motorola Cable Modem (model MB7420) is on sale for $59, down from $70 at Amazon. And if you have Amazon Prime, you’ll get free shipping, of course.

And here's one of the best deals I've seen: Cisco has the refurbished Linksys DPC3008 cable modem for $37.99 shipped when you apply coupon code HSDISH5 at checkout.

Last week, I explained how Comcast’s (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and (NASDAQ:CMCSK) broadband customers who buy their own cable modem are earning 11% per month on their investment. I estimated that as much ...

The box you rent from Comcast contains both a modem, the device that connects to the service provider's network, and the wireless router, to which you connect via WiFi or Ethernet cable. When you ...

People usually don't choose cable boxes by the brand, which makes a universal standard very likely. Even if you don't have a cable box, you almost certainly have a cable modem that could be ...

The modems are little boxes with blinking lights on the front. They take the signals coming from Time Warner’s cable television line and process it to give your computer (or computers) high ...

ime Warner Cable is hiking the fee it charges Internet customers to rent a required cable modem by a little more than $2 a month – but this time, there’s a way for consumers to fight back.

If you’ve got a cable modem, you know the drill when it goes offline. Unplug it, wait 30 seconds, plug it back in, reset your dhcp request. I’m pretty sure that [brian] mentioned this i… ...

Need to return your Xfinity cable box, modem, remote control, or anything else? No searching for an obscure Comcast office in the boonies. That’s the promise of a partnership announced today ...

The highest amplifying splitter I saw up to 1 GHz.<br><br>I subscribe to analog cable, digital cable via a Scientific Atlanta digital cable box, and hi-speed internet via the cable modem (all with ...