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to rent whether we're talking a home a car or a furniture I mean anyone who's

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driven by one of those no credit no problem banners has probably thought

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about this and if you're a fan of having maximum control over your home's

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computer network you might be considering buying a modem instead of

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renting one from your ISP but is it actually a good idea and why do ISPs

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even rent modems in the first place I mean they don't rent iPads and computers

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so what gives well there are a few rationales behind those rental fees that

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you pay every month one is that since the modem connects directly to your

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providers network the boxes that your ISP provides are validated for

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compatibility with that specific ISP

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signal for the ISP this is not just about you but also about lowering the

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risk of your random equipment causing security issues or other problems that

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could muck up the network for other users fiber-to-the-home providers for

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example keep things particularly locked down and a DSL is becoming less common

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so our focus today is really going to be on cable modems of course the sweet

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sweet paper that those rentals fees bring in every month from millions of

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customers doesn't hurt especially from customers who don't consider themselves

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tech savvy enough to buy and install their own modem or even realize that

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it's an option so the biggest reason you might want to consider buying your own

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modem is to save money although buying

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it upfront generally requires of course a bigger upfront investment than your

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monthly rental cost anywhere from about thirty to over a hundred and fifty US

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dollars it will inevitably pay for itself over time especially if you're

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not sharing your modem rental with your roommates but more money in your pocket

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isn't even the only perk oftentimes aftermarket modems can be of higher

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quality than what your ISP would provide especially if your ISP has given you one

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of those modem wireless routers which combo units which sometimes come with

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underperforming Wi-Fi buying a modem yourself means that you can pick

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something with more channels and simply put the more channels and modem supports

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the more data it can carry per second so if you think that you might want to

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upgrade your internet speed down the road you want to find a modem with a

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high number of channels current-gen modems can get about 42 and a half

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megabits per second per channel so find

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a 24 channel model if you're looking at a gigabit connection down the line once

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you've done that you can hook up a separate wireless router that's more

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powerful than whatever's built into that Rental combo unit which can dramatically

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improve performance if you're trying to get coverage for a larger house or if

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you've got a ton of devices on your wireless network now if you're a

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tinkerer an aftermarket modem can allow you to keep an eye on and prioritize

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your network traffic much more effectively than the options that your

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ISP might give you just remember that before you buy you'll want to make sure

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that the modem that you fancy is compatible with your ISPs network and

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that it can also deliver the speed that you're paying for most major ISPs do

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allow you to buy your own modem and they keep a list of tested approved models on

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their website now if you buy something outside that list it might still work

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but there are no guarantees and some ISPs might even see that you're using an

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unapproved device and refuse to provide service also pay attention to the DOCSIS

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version of the modem that you want this is the specification that indicates

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among other things the modems maximum speed most modems these days are DOCSIS

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3.0 which can deliver speeds of over one gigabit per second but make sure you

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aren't buying a docsis 2.0 modem because you saw it in a bargain bin somewhere

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for five bucks those can only get up to 40 megabit a pretty slow speed limit by

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today's standards with some ISPs not even supporting them anymore now you

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might be tempted to future-proof with a shiny new DOCSIS 3.1 modem this standard

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should allow for speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second in each direction

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but we don't know how long it will be before the cable companies can actually

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pull off a connection that fast but I mean you might have to wait until the

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