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" <jfbeam@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:33:03 -0500, Owen DeLong <owen@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.)