And! When you lease a Comcast modem + wifi equipment, you then become an Xfinity wifi hotspot provider. Mind you, they don't tell you this. But to charge the cu

And! When you lease a Comcast modem + wifi equipment, you then become an Xfinity wifi hotspot provider. Mind you, they don't tell you this. But to charge the customer money to expand their hotspot availability (and marketing bragging rights) is shite. But like you said, often there's no choice. But even when there is - in my area of NJ - aside from new customer deals both Verizon and Comcast are wildly expensive.