On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Lorry wrote: > I moved from St. Cloud and had to stop my cable modem service. I didn't > drop off my cable modem to the company THAT day so they charged me $180. > The charge was credited when I returned the modem, fortunately, but > that is a far cry from $10! I would definitely check with the > particular company before trying a stunt like that. Most cable providers quote you $180 for not returning the modem. Maybe the $10 mentioned was rent chrages for it until you returned it. if there is truly a service that allows you to keep the modem for $10 it might be worth signing up and cancelling again just to keep the modem.