The Toshiba PCX2600 Cable Modem highlights the commoditizing pattern in the cable business. Driven by the industry-standard DOCSIS data-over-cable specification and enabled somewhat misnamed ...

If you have cable Internet, you probably rent your modem from your service provider for a monthly fee, the same way you do your cable box. You may already have your own wireless router, though many ...

This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology. Read the full article here. After researching 88 cable modems this year, the Arris SURFboard SB6141 ...

Apple ensures that iPhone users have the same great experience activating and using their iPhones no matter which service provider they choose. Why can't Arris do the same for cable modems. Last year, ...

Yes, you can buy your own cable modem, and you might want to, given the excellent throughput and dead-simple setup of the Netgear C3000 WiFi Cable Modem Router. Router only supports up to 300Mbps ...

Q. My cable company tells me I have to lease a modem. Can I buy my own? Any advice on how I should go about that? A. In the two years since I last covered this topic here, a few things have changed in ...

If you get Internet service from your cable company, you’ve probably noticed it’s not cheap, and it’s only getting more expensive with each passing year. A smart way to take some of the sting out of ...

Depending on how long "several years" is exactly, there could be really good reason to upgrade your modem, or no reason at all. Still, the quick answer is that yes, there are some differences between ...

Charter is trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission to backtrack on a plan that would force cable providers to charge a separate fee for cable modems. Charter is unusual among cable ...

If you have cable Internet, you probably rent your modem from your service provider for a monthly fee, the same way you do your cable box. You may already have your own wireless router, though many ...