Comcast Comcast High Speed Internet Predatory Leasing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

If you buy a modem and it fails you are responsible for buying a new modem. If you rent it from comcast and it fails, they replace it for free. They will also upgrade your modem for free if you go to a higher tier of service where if you purchased one it may not support things such as channel bonding and docis 3.0.

Poor people need the internet?  Don't you hear how ridiculous that sounds?  Maybe you are poor because you don't know how to spend your money wisely, or maybe you're spending all your money on psychics.

You leased a computer modem?? Jees I bought one on ebay for less than $10.  BUT if Comcast take advantage of the poor then I suspect you cannot afford internet service.  Internet is a luxury not a necessity. 

"Cable modems cost, wholesale $30-35, or less in large numbers.  When you sign up with comcast, you can lease one, unless you already own one. "

   If you know this to be true, why aren't you buying large numbers of modems and selling them to poor people who are (according to you) getting ripped off by existing options.  

   Not too long ago this would have been seen as an entreprenurial opportunity.  Nowadays, it's just an excuse to whine.  What a sad state of affairs.

   Bottom line, if you are too poor to afford a cable modem, then high-speed Internet access is probably out of your price range.  I do agree with you that renting a modem from the cable company is not cost effective, but its not a ripoff.  You have the choice to supply your own equipment.

   The cable company is not in the Rent-to-Own business and neither you or your mythical lawyer can force them to be in it.

If one is too poor to buy the modem outright, they shouldn't even be on the internet. I would guess you consider yourself "poor?"
Does the lease price include replacement if the modem fails?  I'm betting it does. If so, it's not such a bad deal. I DID purchase my Century Link Router outright from Walmart, but had the option to lease. I'm not exactly rich, living on Social Security, but I don't feel discriminated against. I'm not sure what the wholesale cost of cable modems in large numbers has to do with this.  Are you planning to buy/lease large numbers of them and get a lower price. Why would any company buy anything in any quantity and sell/lease it at cost?  It's not a good business practice.