I don't know if this belongs here, as it may be a networking question, but computers and networks go hand in hand, so i'll post it here.... My question is; why are the cable companies charging for wifi? It's a feature built into many routers and cable modems, and it generally is a network internal to the home, it doesn't go out on the web. Personally, i feel that it is a cash grab/ripoff perpetuated by the cable companies. The cable modem in my house has built in wifi, and is only on the 2.4g band. We were having issues a couple of years ago with the wifi part of it, so i went and bought a Netgear Nighthawk router. It has built in wifi that operates on both the 2.4g and the 5g bands. Most of
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