If you have cable, DSL, satellite or 5G internet, you'll need a modem to connect the internet to your home. If you have fiber internet, you don't need a modem, instead, you'll need an Optical ...

Don’t buy a cable modem if you subscribe to a fiber-internet plan such as Verizon Fios; such plans use their own equipment, to which you may be able to connect your own wireless router.

That’s one reason we recommend that cable internet users buy their own modems.Good ones such as the Arris SURFboard S33 cost between $160 and $200; the modem will pay for itself after a year and ...