Xfinity Internet Has New Broadband Packages

[brutal]

That plan is 175Mbps down and 5Mbps up. If you call and ask for retentions you should be able to get an unadvertised plan that is $60/mo for 24-months and gives you 500Mbps down & 15Mbps up. That's the best deal I was able to work after several phone calls and WAY too much time invested. We, too, were paying about $80/mo for 175/5 and some sort of phone BS we never actually wanted or used.

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.

[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.

[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?