The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone ...

Naturally, there are also router-modem combos, often called gateways ... If you’ve got 5G home internet, such as T-Mobile Home Internet or Verizon 5G Home, you have to use the equipment provided ...

We have it on good authority that Verizon will be discounting a handful of handsets and a few broadband access modems, possibly as soon as January 22nd. This would be an unusual out of cycle ...