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Comcast Launches Contract-Free Xfinity Prepaid Internet Service (theverge.com)
Comcast has been testing its Xfinity prepaid internet service for several years and now it appears to be ready for the masses. "The package allows consumers to pay for internet service on a pay-as-you-go basis, with refills ranging from seven to 30 days," reports The Verge. From the report: Comcast is partnering with Boost Mobile to sell the $80 prepaid internet starter kits, which come with a wireless DOCSIS 3.0 gateway and 30 days of service. Download speeds measure up to 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps for uploads, and refills start at $15 for one week. The prepaid plans works anywhere within Xfinity's coverage area, and while there's no credit check involved, you do have to be 18 years or older to sign up. The partnership also gives Boost Mobile customers $5 off refills. At launch, customers will be able to find the the Xfinity starter kits at Boost Mobile stores around Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The company plans to roll out the kits to all 4,000 stores (that are within Comcast's coverage area) by the end of the year.
$60 a month for 10Mb/s internet?
What the fuck is this shit comcast?
Will they let Use your own docsis Modem discount / have your own and just buy a refills?
I survive on 100-200MB per month via prepaid cellphone (10 dollars per 100MB in Canada). It's like 6 times a year I use massive amounts of data at home.
If I lived in the 3rd world 10 dollars would get me 20gb. And I would never do wired again.
Even odds they'll use this to try to sneak bandwidth caps on people. "No no, you can pay weekly for unlimited or buy by the Gb!" or some other new tactic like "Unlimited Emails and Texts $5 extra!"
But I can see some limited use cases - like when we visit my wife's folks, who have cable TV but no internet service. They're out in the sticks where the only wireless data coverage is Verizon... and those guys charge you through the nose for prepaid data, something like $30 for 5 gigs if I remember our last trip. Since we are mostly at their house during our visits, this might be a viable alternative.
#DeleteChrome
That this announcement come just days after the FCC announced no more cheap internet for low income people?
Did anyone else get that? I'm willing to bet it connects to their Xfinity wired modems that have Wifi in them instead of to the house wiring. That way they don't have to come to your house to connect your wiring.
Or, since they are partnering with Boost, it would be a Sprint hotspot.
Can't get any info from them on data usage limits yet.
The monthyly limit on people who have bundled home services should be illegal. I don't know how they're metering this limit but it seems like they're ripping me off. Half the house is running traffic through a VPN, but still I don't see how a family of 5 is surpassing this limit which is making us pays a lot more $ each month.
Even so, since when did home ISPs ever have data limits like cell phones like this. It is utter baloney just so they can artificially still compete with other online streaming services.
This is in the San Francisco bay area, where I though, broadband internet should have been free and everywhere by now. It is quite the opposite
Nope, $80 to start using their service isn't enough. They'll have to pay me much more than that if they want me to be a Comcast victim. ;)
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I pay $110/month for 16/3Mbps from Comcast - this sounds like a deal.
Sure, I could get 250Mbpsx/50Mbps for $299, but then I'd have to sell my car.
Lookup jio.com
Customer-Service-Free as well, just like the rest of Kabletown.