It was really common when equipment rental was a separate line item. I owned my own modem and router and getting the extra $15/mo dropped paid for itself the very first year.
Carrier hardware is also just a lot better now than it used to be tbh. I don't know what comcast is doing but both ISPs in my area (mediacom and tmobile fiber) are shipping Eeros. idk about the privacy aspects on that but they are good hardware otherwise.
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It was really common when equipment rental was a separate line item. I owned my own modem and router and getting the extra $15/mo dropped paid for itself the very first year.
Carrier hardware is also just a lot better now than it used to be tbh. I don't know what comcast is doing but both ISPs in my area (mediacom and tmobile fiber) are shipping Eeros. idk about the privacy aspects on that but they are good hardware otherwise.