Xfinity Internet Has New Broadband Packages

[bradbn4]

hmm, scroll on down - a significant higher price for no lock in; but it is till cheaper for more speed that what I am getting now.

Select no tv, the first offer still says tv - but 54 bucks at 200Mb - is a fair price even with the 1 year hitch.

My current plan says 70Mbs - tested out at 84 and pay with fees about 80. I own my own hardware.

Faster speed, and lower price, and no lock in is a good deal.

I see the old no cap - now has a cap - and don't see any adjustments on cap levels based on connection speed.

There use to be a table some place that showed modems - versus max speed provided. The non xinfinity shows 10Gig for my hardware.

https://www.xfinity.com/support/devices/#auth

The xfinity says - 1 gig- which is still higher than the plan I will upgrade to.

And click the button and it says - sorry - you must talk to a human.....

[Jer]

What's the price after?

Slightly interesting, but my current modem tops out at 374Mb and I don't have any super compelling reason to upgrade to anything faster.

After what? 24-months? Hell if I know. I don't really care either as City of Loveland will likely be offering 1,000/1,000 with unlimited bandwidth for about the same price with TV channels and a bunch of other crap I don't need by then. Who knows, SpaceX is supposed to have $5/month internet service by the end of the year for North America that will be 10x faster than that. I guess my point is that 24-months is a looooong time from now so I'm not too worried. My internet has been with Comcrap going back to the 90's when it was AT&T @ Home so odds are pretty good I'll be there at least another 24 months.

I was told by the rep that anytime another promo came up I could change my plan to that and it would just start the 12 or 24 month agreement over from that point. The agreement is only to maintain service and not keep the exact same plan for the duration. If you cancel entirely there's a per month fee but it's not really that bad either.

As far as your modem is concerned, you can get an Arris (formerly Motorola) SB6183 on Amazon right now for $69 w/free Prime shipping which is capable of more than the bandwidth that plan would offer. I've seen prices even lower if you shop around and IMO that's a nominal investment for a good modem since they tend to last nearly forever.

[Jer]

hmm, scroll on down - a significant higher price for no lock in; but it is till cheaper for more speed that what I am getting now.

Select no tv, the first offer still says tv - but 54 bucks at 200Mb - is a fair price even with the 1 year hitch.

My current plan says 70Mbs - tested out at 84 and pay with fees about 80. I own my own hardware.

Faster speed, and lower price, and no lock in is a good deal.

I see the old no cap - now has a cap - and don't see any adjustments on cap levels based on connection speed.

There use to be a table some place that showed modems - versus max speed provided. The non xinfinity shows 10Gig for my hardware.

https://www.xfinity.com/support/devices/#auth

The xfinity says - 1 gig- which is still higher than the plan I will upgrade to.

And click the button and it says - sorry - you must talk to a human.....

Why are you so worried about an agreement? I think you save something like $10-$20 per month with an agreement and your early termination penalty is similar based on how many months you cancel early. This means that you break even after only 6-months on a 12-month agreement and odds are pretty good you'll have Comcrap service longer than that (it's still the best option for most of us) so why not save money? I mean, if you've got a known reason coming up to not sign then that's understandable but if it's more the "I'm not signing no dang contract for ISP/TV" type stubbornness you're just giving them more money for the same level of service ultimately so you're not really punishing them at all.

[bradbn4]

Why are you so worried about an agreement? I think you save something like $10-$20 per month with an agreement and your early termination penalty is similar based on how many months you cancel early. This means that you break even after only 6-months on a 12-month agreement and odds are pretty good you'll have Comcrap service longer than that (it's still the best option for most of us) so why not save money? I mean, if you've got a known reason coming up to not sign then that's understandable but if it's more the "I'm not signing no dang contract for ISP/TV" type stubbornness you're just giving them more money for the same level of service ultimately so you're not really punishing them at all.

Why looking at a lock in term - good question; and if this was last year I would have jumped for the total lower price...

However, going to be checking out a possible place to move to. One of the major down sides; this area is not known for real internet service.
So just how fast do I expect to move.....it will either be in a few more weeks or - a year.

I closed out all of my windows; re-signed in and my upgrade worked fine. If I don't move out of the area; I can always re-upgrade my plan with a service commitment and lower my price point some more.

Also; taking the two step process might be less risk; esp if you were getting below average speeds based on your contract speed rate.

So am I getting the 200 mbs speed, nope - not yet. However, the speed tests did show a nice 10mbs bump from my 84mbs - so - pay less and get more is a win.

I will be recycling the modem later on to see if a reboot will get me even faster speeds to match the new service level.

[izzy]

I can't wait to get rid of Comcast, that is all.

[Jer]

I can't wait to get rid of Comcast, that is all.

Agreed. See my previous statement about City of Loveland Broadband and SpaceX... whomever gets their ish together first gets my undying love... and monthly loot of course. I'd even pay more just to be done with Comcrap but something tells me I won't have to. It would be laughable if it wasn't so infuriating how Comcrap has a whole division currently devoted to individual markets and who has what to offer current customers better rates/plans to try to keep them. Too little, too late buttholes.

[00tec]

I can't wait to get rid of Comcast, that is all.

When do the other guys turn on the light to that other box out by the hot tub?

[brutal]

After what? 24-months? Hell if I know. I don't really care either as City of Loveland will likely be offering 1,000/1,000 with unlimited bandwidth for about the same price with TV channels and a bunch of other crap I don't need by then. Who knows, SpaceX is supposed to have $5/month internet service by the end of the year for North America that will be 10x faster than that. I guess my point is that 24-months is a looooong time from now so I'm not too worried. My internet has been with Comcrap going back to the 90's when it was AT&T @ Home so odds are pretty good I'll be there at least another 24 months.

I was told by the rep that anytime another promo came up I could change my plan to that and it would just start the 12 or 24 month agreement over from that point. The agreement is only to maintain service and not keep the exact same plan for the duration. If you cancel entirely there's a per month fee but it's not really that bad either.

As far as your modem is concerned, you can get an Arris (formerly Motorola) SB6183 on Amazon right now for $69 w/free Prime shipping which is capable of more than the bandwidth that plan would offer. I've seen prices even lower if you shop around and IMO that's a nominal investment for a good modem since they tend to last nearly forever.

A simple "I don't know" would have sufficed.

I don't need a lecture on gear, I'm well versed.

Thanks.

[Jer]

A simple "I don't know" would have sufficed.

I don't need a lecture on gear, I'm well versed.

Thanks.

What?

[izzy]

When do the other guys turn on the light to that other box out by the hot tub?

Getting the fiber turned on "in Q2" apparently. Way faster for way less money.