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Originally Posted by bayarea328xit
One thing to keep in mind with using your provider's hardware is that the hardware may be configured to share bandwidth with others. For example, I know that if my broadband connection goes down, I can join an Xfinity WiFi network in my area with my Xfinity credentials. To me, it makes sense that this WiFi network might be served by my neighbor's Xfinity router.
Not that it matters too much; however, this may be a reason for them to really push you to use their hardware.
Anyone have insight on this?
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I’m pretty sure I was able to opt out of that when I set up their hardware, but maybe I’m wrong. Not too worried about it out here in the suburbs. Might feel differently in a city. Their gateway works well, much better than the Arris I spent $300 on.