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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
I think this has been hinted at by some of those who have posted already, but I'd say the difference is that the US telecom industry is more interested in nickle-and-diming its customers to death.
So they offer us the privilege (*coughcough*) of being able to rent a separate wireless router from them and make a point to imply gloom-and-doom to those who chose to buy their own ("When you rent your wireless router from us, you'll have access to our customer service expertise when you have problems with your wifi service." Actually, it's more likely to be phrased as a negative - "We won't be able to help you if you have problems").
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Hm, OK.
In the Netherlands, you *can't* buy your own modem when you're on cable. (You can with some forms of DSL.)
We have only got one cable provider left, AFAIK (Ziggo), and the problem they often face is people complaining about the Wifi range. People (still) expect a single router to reach the entire house. That was probably possible in 2001, but not in 2016.
Wifi is so hard to get stable around here, especially when you're in an apartment, that I only use cables for everything, except for my phone, tablet, and laptop.