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. Hans P. Christianson wrote: >When I had my cable modem installed (toshiba pcx1100u) the genius >installing it told me when and if I cancel service it's like a 10 dollar >fee if you "don't return the modem". So if you're planning to move to a >state where you can buy your own modem, you could just "fortet to return >it" here first. Not that I would do this; just heard a rumor. >