On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Lorry wrote:

> I moved from St. Cloud and had to stop my cable modem service.  I didn't 
> drop off my cable modem to the company THAT day so they charged me $180. 
>  The charge was credited when I returned the modem, fortunately, but 
> that is a far cry from $10!  I would definitely check with the 
> particular company before trying a stunt like that.

Most cable providers quote you $180 for not returning the modem.  Maybe
the $10 mentioned was rent chrages for it until you returned it.  if there
is truly a service that allows you to keep the modem for $10 it might be
worth signing up and cancelling again just to keep the modem.