Routers Are You Better Off Paying $5 A Month from Cable Company?

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Peachesbackwards

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would welcome your opinions on this. I have my Internet Service through Time Warner' Roadrunner. I just updated my service to wifi for which Time Warner supplies a Modem/Router & a WiFi Card for $5 more a month. Am I better off saving the $5 a month & buying my own Modem/Router & card or because of detoriioration & updated technology better off paying the extra $5 a month for their router/modem?
 
so you have a modem now right? it would be better buying your own router/card as the one they supply might not be that good and depending on what router/card combo you buy it might be cheaper to just buy it yourself.
 
no reputable company would charge you a monthly fee for a router... They might sell it to you, but not rent it..
 
Most high-speed ISPs will try to get you on the monthly plan because it fits the American thought process of "cheap now." As The_Other_One said, you can get wired or wireless routers for pretty cheap, and after having high speed internet for 20 months, we would have paid $100 for their router, and could have by now gotten a Pre-N router of wonderfully great power and quality. But you'll be fine with the $29 G router after rebates that most electonics chains have available most of the year... :)
 
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