In this case, they do own the modems. I am not aware of any case where they do this to customer owned gear. On Dec 11, 2014 8:41 PM, "Ricky Beam" <jfb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:33:03 -0500, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > In short, the only thing really truly wrong with this scenario is that >> Comcast is using equipment that the subscriber should have exclusive >> control over (they are renting it, so while Comcast retains ownership, they >> have relinquished most rights of control to the "tenant") how the device is >> used. >> > > Except every ISP (pretty much universally) thinks the modem/router is > theirs and they can, therefore, do whatever they flippin' please with it. > In some markets (not necessarily comcast), they lock down the router to the > point the customer can't even access it; every single change has to go > through them. > > (AT&T Uverse... you can change anything you want, with sufficient access > (i.e. telnet), but the mothership can (and will) undo your changes pretty > much instantly -- "apply" triggers a CWMP event.) >