Are you sure that’s how it works? I know they say ‘compatible Xfinity gateway,’ but in the past that’s included a pretty wide range of third-party modems too—some of the best DOCSIS options out there. From what I’ve seen, as long as you’ve got a newer model with solid DOCSIS support and the right settings, performance is just as good, if not better. Totally agree though—if they’ve changed things and are charging differently now, that’s a big downside. Always better to have root access to the modem. Just doesn’t match how they’ve priced things before, at least in my experience.