Each month, when your Comcast bill comes due, many of you pay a monthly fee for the device that provides internet access in your homes. Rental for what’s known as the Xfinity Gateway typically runs ...

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Is your New Year’s resolution to save money? Here. Comcast just raised their modem rental fees from $8 to $10, because apparently charging you too much for a modem costs more than it used to. If ...

A router is your gateway to the wider world, allowing you to instantly connect your desktop computer, laptop, and mobile devices to the internet. Given how much our daily lives revolve around the use ...

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Don't be intimidated by your home networking hardware. Internet access is important for everyone to stay connected. But most people rely on technicians and their more tech-savvy friends and family to ...

Netgear announces the availability of two cable modem-Wi-Fi router combo devices for home users, the C3700 and the C3000, both support DOCSIS 3.0, 802.11n and Gigabit Ethernet. Former CNET editor Dong ...

I’m not going to begrudge anyone for using the modem and router that their ISP provides them. You shouldn’t—because you’re probably paying your ISP to “rent” a device that isn’t very good—but not ...

Best WiFi routers for 2026 boost speeds up to 30% with Wi-Fi 6E and 7 tech, covering large homes and handling 200+ devices ...