The fee is another $10 per month, and you'll get a two-piece Eero Pro 6 mesh router. Here's the full list of approved hardware (PDF).īut wait, there's more! If you need a router, Mediacom will rent you one of those, too. You can skip that fee by using your own modem, but it'll need to be at least a DOCSIS 3.0 model (and Mediacom recommends going with a newer DOCSIS 3.1 model). Mediacom is a midsize cable internet provider, and customers need to pay $13 per month to rent a cable modem from the company. Read our CenturyLink home internet review.Įquipment fees: Yes ($13 per month for modem rental, $10 per month for mesh router rental) "Retired and third-party devices are more likely to cause performance issues and may not connect to your internet service correctly."Īnd remember, if you're replacing CenturyLink's gateway with a standard modem, then you'll also need to find a good router to go with it. "CenturyLink highly recommends using one of our certified or recommended Wi-Fi modems (gateways), which have been tested and approved to work optimally with our high-speed internet technology," the company's website reads. You can skip that $15 fee by using a gateway or modem of your own, but CenturyLink cautions customers not to use anything that isn't on its list of approved devices. Depending on the type of plan you sign up for, that gateway will be one of four models: the Actiontec C3000A, the Greenwave C4000, the Zyxel C4000LZ or the Zyxel C3000Z. In some regions, Enhanced Wi-Fi means that you get the Eero Pro 6 mesh router, which is excellent, but in others, it's just the standard Eero 6 router, which wasn't nearly as strong a performer in my tests.Ĭustomers can also rent the Netgear Nighthawk XR1000 Wi-Fi 6 gaming router for $13 per month, which isn't a bad deal at all, given that it usually costs around $300.Įquipment fee: Yes ($15 per month for modem/router gateway device rental)ĬenturyLink charges $15 monthly to rent a gateway that combines a modem and a router into one device. That said, it's worth noting that Astound also offers "Enhanced Wi-Fi" in some regions, which gets you a fancier router for an additional $10 per month.
Regardless of the price, the rental fee includes both a modem and a router, and you can skip it by using your own hardware (here's Astound's list of approved modems).
In some cases, the rental fee can be included for as low as $3 per month, but in others, you'll need to pay as much as $15 monthly.
Equipment fee: Yes ($3 to $15 per month for modem and router rental, depending on region)Īstound Broadband offers home internet service in several large metros across the country - including Austin, Chicago, Houston, New York and Seattle - and the modem and router rental terms vary from region to region and plan to plan.
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