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Jul 27, 2023 2:34 PM
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frontpage Posted by mikeyz • Jul 27, 2023
Jul 27, 2023 2:34 PM
Select New Xfinity Internet Customers: 400mbps Home Internet
for 24-Months$50/Mo.
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Cancel your service now, sign up for this deal under a different name (someone else that lives with you)
That's how I've gotten yearly deals
Xfinity pricing is always based on the fact how much people can spend in their service area + how many other competitors are there. So lot of YMMV.
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Was paying $40 a month for 200mbps under a 12-month contract and 24-month promo pricing expiring in Sept.
Figured I'd use this offer and recent Frontier offers (moved into my area) as leverage and call.
Just signed up for another 12-month contract, 24-month term for $30 a month keeping the same 200mbps.
Also, during black outs Comcast hubs may stay without electricity but the cell towers usually have backups and keep running
The 5G is definitely the future, and if AT&T joins the T-Mobile and Verizon, Comcast goes the way of the dodo.
You might be getting the bandwidth, but latency is way higher than a typical wired connection.
It also suffers from issues due to inclement weather, as well as line of sight obstructions.
In order for it to be as robust as most wired networks, you'd need multiple dedicated towers for redundancy spread more closely apart. And the telecoms can't even roll out 4G fully yet, so that's not happening anytime soon.
The average UHD stream is 15 Mbps. So 4 people stream UHD is 60 Mbps. OK say you have TEN people streaming UHD 4k that is 150 Mbps. Gaming does not use a lot of data it is latency sensitive so a 200 Mbps link has the same latency as a 400 Mbps link.
The only killer is game downloads. So do you want to wait 10 min or 20 min to download a game. I guess the few extra hundred bucks is up to you.
I run a business out of my house have crazy streaming kids and game downloads and according to my commercial router (I have 300/300) I went to the max DL average is less than 10 minutes a month.
I tell everyone w/ gig around here save the $40 and move to 300 and you wont even notice. BUT of course that is an individual decision.
UL is the killer for cable it is anemic for now, but w/ Docsis 4 they may get up to speed w/ fiber and that is great for cloud apps.
It's not that we're overpaying for internet, it's that we're being OVERCHARGED for substandard internet.
Why is it that this same plan in most of Europe would only cost around $20 and have no data caps?
Maybe you should look into who Ajit Pai is and how the government actually subsidized these telecoms to roll out competent nationwide broadband, yet all they did was pocket it.
I was paying for 1Gb and they "generously" upgraded me to 1.2Gb.
What they don't tell you is that in doing so, your modem is no longer on the "supported" list and they won't provision it correctly. My only two options were shell out another $180 for a supported modem or downgrade my speed for only $10 less a month.
When you add to that the fact that they gouge for unlimited when you use your own hardware, it's just disgusting all around.
What's sad is I can't get even 100mb/s despite having the 800 speed because I haven't built my new pc still and so I don't have better than a 10/100 ethernet port. lol. My new one would have a 1 and 2.5gb ones.
Basically they kept raising my speed until I was at probably 1.2 also, but then I lowered back down to 800 to save a bit. I could be getting the 1.2 and mobile for a combined $70 I think, but I figured I don't need it that fast anyway so did it 800 and mobile for $52 after all fees.
In reality, I could have lowered speed wayyyyyy down and saved more, but I figured I better get this deal while it's there and then will be getting those speeds when I build the pc.
Was paying $40 a month for 200mbps under a 12-month contract and 24-month promo pricing expiring in Sept.
Figured I'd use this offer and recent Frontier offers (moved into my area) as leverage and call.
Just signed up for another 12-month contract, 24-month term for $30 a month keeping the same 200mbps.
My brother tried the Dish one, couldnt get over 2 Mbps, they are a mess right now. So YMMV I would say definately try it out hard.
I have two fiber providers, cable (Spectrum) and TMO so I only pay $39.95 for fiber no caps. Competition works--so these companies coming in are great.
Cancel your service now, sign up for this deal under a different name (someone else that lives with you)
That's how I've gotten yearly deals
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No they have to roll out 5G per FCC so you can check it out.
Demand the old price and reimbursement for any increased amount you've been paying while still under contract.
I would chat with support - they would refund for 1 month overcharge,a nd then next month same thing happens.
Scumcast is one of the sleaziest companies out there, which is not surprising considering their origin.
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