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Comcast's New Wireless Service Goes Live For Current Xfinity Subscribers (digitaltrends.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Digital Trends: Comcast already pipes internet into millions of homes, and now it wants to take its service to the airwaves. In April, the media giant announced the details of a new service, Xfinity Mobile, that will compete toe-to-toe with Google Fi, US Cellular, and incumbents like AT&T and T-Mobile. Now it appears the company is in the initial stages of launching the service nationwide. If you're already an Xfinity subscriber, you can head to the company's new mobile website now to get started. The service is available in all markets in which Comcast already operates. Xfinity Mobile features an unlimited data, talk, and text plan starting at $65 a month for up to five lines ($45 per line for customers with Comcast's top X1 TV packages), or $12 per GB a month a la carte. The unlimited option has been reduced to $45 a month through July 31 for the network's first customers. A combination of Comcast's 16 million Wi-Fi hot spots and Verizon's network will supply coverage, and, as with Google's Fi technology, phones will automatically switch between Wi-Fi and cellular depending on network conditions. Xfinity Mobile customers have their choice of the iPhone, 7, 6S, and SE series, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S7 series, and the LG X Power.Here's a good review of Xfinity Mobile.
...and here I was just dreaming about ways I could get even more Comcast in my life!
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
If Comcast is just reselling a real carrier's air time then I'll continue to try to subscribe to Consumer Cellular for much less money. Except that no matter how many different ways I tried to sign up today CC's web site landed me on an internal error page, so they are not selling anything until they fix that problem.
Like others I don't want any more Comcast in my life. Less would be just peachy!
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and they've already charged me twice for two things I didn't order. The first was $89.99 for an installer to visit my place which is wrong because I didn't have anyone come out. I plugged my own cable into the wiring, and it worked. The second was for $14.99 for a self-install kit which I didn't order and their web site showed a $0 charge for that. I've already wasted nearly eight hours on the phone trying to get those charges removed. So far, I've been laughed at and called a moron for thinking I could challenge them. Yes, they have the monopoly in my area of Seattle, but that doesn't mean I have to just give into their bogus charges.
Is it not amazing, what the sheer power of KKKorporate greed can do to improve service-offerings and lower prices? For everyone — including the poor, the women, and the children?
That just wouldn't do — we must demand some reasonable regulation to put an end to these developments!
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
I'm sorry, if Comcast was offering superfast wifi for almost nuthin', I'd still not take them up on it. Doing business with Comcast was such a horrible experience the first time, I can't see myself ever voluntarily buying anything from them again. The very idea makes my skin crawl. Back in the day, I went back to DSL to get away from them. (Later, the local phone company put in fiber, and I've been happily comcast-free ever since.)
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
One of the nice things about Google Fi is that you get international data coverage at the same rates as in the US. So you can use your phone abroad freely and be sure you won't be incurring in outrageous charges. No more hunting for local prepaid SIM cards, no more changing your number. You're connected 100% of the time. It's one less thing to worry about while you travel.
On the other hand, according to the Xfinity FAQ "Using your phone while abroad (for calls, texts, or data) can lead to data roaming fees, which can add up in a hurry."
So thanks, but no thanks.
Because surely this has nothing to do with Net Neutrality...shocking.
Who the heck signs up for $45 a line when five devices is only $65? ... "Xfinity Mobile features an unlimited data, talk, and text plan starting at $65 a month for up to five lines ($45 per line for customers with Comcast's top X1 TV packages), or $12 per GB a month a la carte."
The sentence in the summary (and TFA) was badly constructed. The cost is $65 per line unless you are a X1 customer - then it's $45 per line.
Comcast's pricing never ceases to amaze me. I'm a Comcast cable customer, and for a long time I routinely got these advertisements trying to get me to buy this thing called "Triple Play" where you add an IP voice line to your cable TV and internet. The price for the IP voice line was something like $70-80 after you got out of the "discount" period... and even the "discount" price was something like $40!
Incredible!
#DeleteChrome
You have to buy a new phone/device in order to sign up.
A Comcast add in my /. feed?!?
Bad dog! You go outside!
Unless you use a ton of data, which I don't, Project Fi is a much better deal. 95% of the time, my wife and I are on wifi networks. We're either at home or work or a place with wifi. We end up using about 1 gig a month total between us, which leaves us a whopping ~$55 bill each month. I suppose if you're stuck on mass transit for hours on end, this is a good deal. Otherwise, I don't see it.
Long time angry customer of Comcast here. Just went to their website to see how I could lower my bill. It is impossible to find a price on anything for existing customers (unless you want to increase your bill!) ABSOLUTELY no value in anything except bundled services and the difference between 2, 3, and 4 is maybe 20% at most. I'd really like to remove phone service but that would save me maybe $10 unless they put me on a "special" 24 month contract. Love the product, but sincerely hate the company. Wish I had an alternative but I'm using customer owned equipment that necessitates cable vice IPTV. Did I mention how much I hate Comcast?
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