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What's the point of having another router? (lemmy.austinwadeheller.com)

submitted 1 year ago by livingcoder@lemmy.austinwadeheller.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I once bought a router to use for my internet when I moved into my new house just to find out that it "wasn't compatible" with Verizon's service. I still have it (because I'm terrible about returning things). Is there any point in keeping it? Is there anything fun or interesting that I could do with it?

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[–] hamster@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It probably is compatible with your service. If you buy your own modem then you can use that router. You'll avoid the monthly fee.

[–] livingcoder@lemmy.austinwadeheller.com 2 points 1 year ago

I bet it's compatible and they don't get punished for lying. All they have to say is "Oh, it looks like it IS compatible after all."