Re: Exageration
Ariella: Things work differently in some countries here. Some companies will take the modem back after two years, which is about when you renew or not the contract, and will give you a new one. If they have updated the networks in your area, they will change all the modems in the area.
If you want to return the modem you got, they will recycle. One of the companies has a program that if you give your modem to a friend who wants the same service, your friend doesn't have to pay for a modem, so they get immediatelly connected with a discount.
In Finland the networks are updated pretty often and companies update and upgrade the modems. Otherwise, you can experience problems if you have an older modem and an upgraded broadband. You know a move around Europe a lot and live in different places for extended periods of time. I have never found better broadband than in the Nordics and Baltics. Not even in the U.K. In the Nordic and Baltics you get excellent Internet: cheap and flies. The modems are 5G ready.