Comcast, like most cable ISP services, provides most of its subscribers with a basic all-in-one modem solution that combines an Internet gateway with a router. If you have a more complicated home ...

Comcast’s 18 million Xfinity internet customers will have two good reasons to keep renting their modems from the media giant in 2020. While Xfinity users could skip the rental fees by snagging a ...

When Comcast flipped the switch that turned 50,000 of its customers' newer wireless routers into public hotspots on Tuesday, it took many of its subscribers by surprise. While some Comcast customers ...

I like to think of myself as an expert when it comes to broadband -- after all, I've been writing about it for over 6 years. Yet, despite my expertise, I have carried around a shameful secret: I ...

Each month, when your Comcast bill comes due, many of you pay a monthly fee for the device that provides internet access in your homes. Rental for what’s known as the Xfinity Gateway typically runs ...

Comcast is being sued for forcing private routers to become public hotspots. In 2013, Comcast introduced Xfinity hotspots, which used customers’ existing Comcast routers to create a public internet ...

Comcast already offers Xfinity Wi-Fi access points that it maintains itself that are part of the CableWiFi alliance, which claims to offer over 150,000 hotspots in the US. Comcast piloted this new ...

Comcast customer Ronaldo Boschulte didn’t know exactly what he was getting when the company swapped his malfunctioning modem for a new one. The cable modem doubles as a Wi-Fi router—that much he was ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The xFi Advanced Gateway also has some smart home tricks up its sleeve. It includes built-in support ...