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I can't seem to figure out the angle? Whats the scam they are running? There is always a scam. Is the modem collecting data? Are they hoping you'll use their s

I can't seem to figure out the angle? Whats the scam they are running? There is always a scam. Is the modem collecting data? Are they hoping you'll use their streaming service and then gouge you later once you are addicted? It can't just be that they give you unlimited bandwidth just to get you to pay a bit more for their modem. They could make so much more money by just charging for the 50GB like what OP pays.

FireBeyond 3y ago
Their modem is also a (semi-) public hotspot for other Xfinity customers (the "xfinitywifi" SSID, that they've made something of a "mesh-ish" network). It's separated out, I believe by VLAN at least. But yeah, the incentive is "use our modem so we can increase that network footprint" (and it's not the case any more or actually probably more on the Business side, but it used to be that even with their modem, you could opt out of providing the hotspot network, but if you did so, you were unable to use the hotspot network).