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Re:Frontier customer bought his own router–but has to pay $1... by Zekio on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @06:42PM (#20340056)
How is this not illegal? if they are charging a rental fee for something they are not renting?
Re:Frontier customer bought his own router–but has to pay $1... by londons_explore on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:09AM (#20343960)
They can easily say it's a condition of the rest of the service.

If you don't like it, don't sign up in the first place.

Re:Frontier customer bought his own router–but has to pay $1... by ryanmercer on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:42AM (#20344676)
Exactly, they can just call it a "device management fee" "provisioning fee" or some such.
Re:Frontier customer bought his own router–but has to pay $1... by advarckcal on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @04:28AM (#20342608)
Sonic did the a similar thing to me in Sunnyvale. I could not order the internet without also getting VoIP which required paying $10 a month for a dongle. I asked if I could ship it back or not have it sent in the first place.

I was told I was required to keep it even if I did not want it, and I would have to return it at the end of service.

Re:Frontier customer bought his own router–but has to pay $1... by londons_explore on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:08AM (#20343952)
In this case, just refuse to sign for the delivery package.

Normally, the provider will let the service work anyway, and then at the end of the year, point out that they never delivered the hardware, they'll check the records, and refund you.