So ISPs remotely push updates to their customer premises hardware? This doesn't apply to the customer's own equipment, right?
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It does, if you access your cable modem's web interface you'll find rebooting is the only function you can perform otherwise it is read only.
ISPs manage Cable Modems regardless of who owns them. It's part of the subscriber agreement.
If you have an all-in-one device that is a cable modem, router, switch, and wifi ap all-in-one; the cable modem is still managed by the ISP.
Only the modem is managed? Is it a separate system/firmware? That would make a lot of sense. My ISP gave me a VDSL router and I can configure a lot of things via the web interface, but to get access to features such as bridge mode I'd have to replace its firmware.
Is there a way to get the modem as a discrete component, rather than integrated into these all-in-one things?