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Checked 2026-10-14

📡 Can I use my own router or modem instead of the provider’s in Liechtenstein?

The short answer

You may use terminal equipment of your choice with your internet access, and contract terms may not limit this. Whether this covers your own router depends on the network termination point, which the AK can set (Reg. (EU) 2015/2120 Art. 3; VKND Art. 35).

Many people prefer their own router. Whether your provider must let you connect it, and which details it must give you to set it up, depends on the rules in Liechtenstein.

Official source: publications.europa.eu · Checked 2026-10-14

📜 The rules in Liechtenstein

The details

  • Provider terms must state any conditions and charges for using the provider's own equipment, without prejudice to your right to choose your own (VKND Art. 14). (gesetze.li)
  • If you leave early and keep a subsidised device, the provider must lift any restrictions on using it on other networks free of charge, at the latest when you pay the compensation (VKND Art. 17). (gesetze.li)

Amt für Kommunikation (AK)

Liechtenstein's regulator for electronic communications. It supervises providers and acts as the official conciliation body for disputes between consumers and phone or internet providers.

📞 +423 236 64 88🔗 llv.li
Official source: gesetze.li · Checked 2026-10-14

🪜 Step by step

  1. Check that it fits your lineMake sure the router supports your type of connection: fibre, cable, DSL or mobile.
  2. Ask for the access detailsYou need the login data and settings for the internet connection and, if you have one, for phone service over the internet.
  3. Keep or return the provider’s deviceAsk whether you must return a rented router, and whether you keep paying for it.
  4. If the provider refusesAsk for the refusal in writing and contact the regulator or the dispute body.

📇 Who to contact

Amt für Kommunikation (AK)Liechtenstein's regulator for electronic communications. It supervises providers and acts as the official conciliation body for disputes between consumers and phone or internet providers.📞 +423 236 64 88🔗 www.llv.li/de/landesverwaltung/amt-fuer-kommunikation
Amt für Volkswirtschaft, Fachbereich Konsumentenschutz (Anlaufstelle für Konsumentenfragen)Independent advice for consumersFor advice, template letters and a second opinion🔗 www.llv.li/en/national-administration/office-of-economic-affairs/consumer-protection/point-of-contact-for-consumer-protection-matters

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❓ Questions

Will the provider still help me if something goes wrong?

Providers usually support the connection itself, not equipment you bought. Keep their device and settings so you can test with them.

Do I still pay for the provider’s router?

Check your contract. If the router is rented, ask whether you can stop paying when you use your own.

Will my own router make my internet faster?

It can improve your Wi‑Fi, but the speed of the line itself stays the same.

📎 Sources

Checked: 2026-10-14

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