![]() ![]() From personal experience, some of their local affiliates love to charge you for equipment you bought yourself, or that you never got from them. As with most ISPs, it may help to use an alternate DNS, like Google's, rather than Xfinity's, which sometimes goes down.īut watch the equipment rental fees, and read EVERY bill in detail. You may be able to bring down price by buying your own modem and wireless router. If they made sure their ads and their local affiliates were all honest, they could virtually get the whole market - and from a purely technical perspective, they deserve to I really can't say anything bad about them technically. if you get dual broadband/TV service, they had incredibly good VOD. Their highest level techs know their stuff - they have to, because they are a very attractive target for hackers. Not sure about your neighborhood, but most phone companies offer broadband Internet too.įor everything EXCEPT price, Comcast/XFinity used to provide us with excellent service. Of course, satellite has a high latency (effectively, how fast they respond to button clicks), due to speed-of-light travel times, but most of the time that won't matter. E.g., there is always satellite, like Viasat ( ) which at least sounds like it is competitively priced, though I know nothing about them. I guess I'm trusting that this will in fact be what was agreed upon.Ĭlick to expand.Comcast/XFinity aren't the only "unlimited" broadband option in most of the U.S. But saving money, and getting great service is everyone's goal. I really like the no commitment to SlingTV, and the idea of being tied up with Comcast/Xfinity again, and for 2 years isn't settling well. I still have the $11.00 a month modem rental, and couldn't get out of the Broadcast TV fee or Regional Sports fee or taxes, but for first year it's actually less than what I was paying for Broadband by itself, and second year $10 more, plus I save the entire $30 I was spending on SlingTV. It does require a 2 year commitment but the prices are guaranteed. I will not have access to Xfinity On Demand Services, as that is X1 or TiVo CableCard only. My previously purchased HDHomerun Prime will handle the Cable Card and has 3 tuners. They are waiving the HD Technology Fee as that is related to X1 device. They are waiving the X1 requirement in exchange for Cable Card. For 69.99 I receive same internet service tier I'm using, plus 220 channel package. So, I did, and I have a printed offer open for 30 days. I don't have an issue with fine print when discussing options, or add Ons, but at least in my case, none of the small print fees are optional, they are a requirement.Īnyway, this month's offer was better, and suggested to come to the xfinity local store for a personal offer. The fine print also has the important info, "in addition to the advertised Offer Cost these fees apply $8 per month Broadcast TV fee, $6.75 Regional Sports fee, HD Technology fee $15.00, X1 box required for offer, rental fees of $15.00. In each months Comcast bill, they have included offers, ( deceptive offers), to come back to the family. There are other streaming apps we pay for, but we will continue to use them so I'm not factoring them into the costs for comparison. With applicable taxes & fees, our total bill is consistently under $100 Add in the Sling TV Blue with DVR, ($30), our entertainment costs are $130. ![]() We have an open contract 150 Mbps package at $79.99 plus $11.00 modem rental. In our particular neighborhood, Comcast/xfinity is the only broadband provider. The Ethernet connections contribute to the consistent streams, as early on there were a few issues with one user over wifi. All devices are connected by Ethernet directly to modem, or by MOCA 2.0 bonded via modem. Other than this issue, we have no complaints with our Sling TV Blue/Cloud DVR service as it is today. Also, CNN on SlingTV has a reoccurring audio drop out and loss of sync. We questioned her about this but eventually we all concurred this happened on every device, Apple TV, Roku, Android TV etc. One member of the household is a big CNN watcher, and there is a verified issue of CNN on SlingTV glitching, and repeating the previous hours program until, or unless, the channel is changed, then returned, at which time the currently airing program is viewable. Now, Comcast/Xfinity must be aware of the vast exodus of Cable customers, and is offering competitive service, so we are considering the options. For our household, Sling TV has eventually overcome all of the issues we were having, except one. ![]()
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