Do you have your own modem or do you rent it from the cable company?

I was just scrutinizing my cable bill because I see it went up a bit in the past few months, and I was thinking about the $15 per month I pay to rent the modem. I never thought twice about it, but now I am really looking for ways to save.

I see I can buy a modem from Amazon for about $130, a best selling Motorola. I would consider this but I don’t know how difficult it would be to hook it up myself. Is it just plugging it in or does it have to be programmed?

Do you rent your modem from the cable company, or do you own it outright?

Here’s the one I was looking at: https://smile.amazon.com/MOTOROLA-Approved-Comcast-Gigablast-MB8600/dp/B0723599RQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=modem&qid=1674349984&sr=8-1-spons&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0&smid=A1JCDPLP2335KA&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzTFQ1NkpIVFhPODRaJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDcxNjk5T040WTFIVjYyNzE0JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA3ODI0MzkxV1pYQzZGQkJTRFFDJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1