# Time Warner to begin charging monthly fees to use their modems

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**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-to-begin-charging-monthly-fees-to-use-their-modems/265241 "2012-10-16T09:57:03Z")
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### Author: ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-to-begin-charging-monthly-fees-to-use-their-modems/265241/30 "2012-10-16T17:17:59Z")

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> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/2947):
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> richest mother fucker i know, bitching about 4 bucks a month…

> [@sold](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold/50870/5):
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> Tis how the rich get richer…

Bingo.

Having money doesn’t automatically mean you can’t complain about paying for something. $4 is $4, x12 = $48/year on top of the leasing fees for the digital cable boxes/remotes.

From what I have read though, switching to one of those Motorola modems is easy, and will save money or time of course. Also, the internet speeds are a lot more consistent than with the shit-ass modems TWC gives. It might not have those high peak speeds (that occur maybe once day), but it also won’t go lower like their modems do. Most report of 20mbps download all the time, whereas with the TWC they’re usually at 10-12mbps download and can peak in the low 20s.

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