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FWIW, I've had Cox and Xfinity plans and for both you could (at least in CA) pay $50/mo for the "unlimited" add-on which eliminates the caps. Money grab for sur

FWIW, I've had Cox and Xfinity plans and for both you could (at least in CA) pay $50/mo for the "unlimited" add-on which eliminates the caps. Money grab for sure, but it was doable. (I wish I'd still lived in a Spectrum area- because of some issue/fine (related to Verizon, IIRC) they aren't allowed to have data caps. Yet somehow, the price was the same as Cox (save the unlimited fee) and was just as fast and reliable.)

reaperman 2y ago
Thanks for the tip, in Michigan and Texas it does appears that you can pay $30/mo for unlimited add-on ... but only if you buy your own cable modem instead of using theirs. This was listed plainly on the new Broadband Facts / "nutrition facts"...I hadn't seen it mentioned before! I couldn't find anything about a $50 add-on in my states, and I haven't seen any other options for customers who are using the Xfinity-provided modem. For others wondering why people should care, my biggest concern about this isn't the cost. It's two points: 1) Historically this wasn't ever presented to customers before they signed up for service. All you saw was "1000Gbps for $80/month!", Xfinity wouldn't tell you anything about a data cap until you hit 90% of it and they texted you out of the blue saying "Hey your $80/mo is going to be much higher this month!". I have much less issue (still some, but much less) with it if it's clearly shown up-front! Thanks to the FCC, it now is shown up-front. 2) There's no way to dispute the charges if you believe their "meter" is wrong. Every other utility has meters which are subject to your states "Weights and Measures" department -- if you have reason to believe your utility meter is malfunctioning, you can have the state come out inspect the meter and determine if it's out-of-spec. But Xfinity consumers have little[0] to no recourse if Xfinity errs in their "metering". I don't think that type of business practice should be allowed without being subject to some kind of real oversight. 0: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/comcast-admits-data-cap-meter-blunder-charges-wrong-customer-for-overage/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/comca...

reaperman 2y ago

Thanks for the tip, in Michigan and Texas it does appears that you can pay $30/mo for unlimited add-on ... but only if you buy your own cable modem instead of using theirs. This was listed plainly on the new Broadband Facts / "nutrition facts"...I hadn't seen it mentioned before! I couldn't find anything about a $50 add-on in my states, and I haven't seen any other options for customers who are using the Xfinity-provided modem. For others wondering why people should care, my biggest concern about this isn't the cost. It's two points: 1) Historically this wasn't ever presented to customers before they signed up for service. All you saw was "1000Gbps for $80/month!", Xfinity wouldn't tell you anything about a data cap until you hit 90% of it and they texted you out of the blue saying "Hey your $80/mo is going to be much higher this month!". I have much less issue (still some, but much less) with it if it's clearly shown up-front! Thanks to the FCC, it now is shown up-front. 2) There's no way to dispute the charges if you believe their "meter" is wrong. Every other utility has meters which are subject to your states "Weights and Measures" department -- if you have reason to believe your utility meter is malfunctioning, you can have the state come out inspect the meter and determine if it's out-of-spec. But Xfinity consumers have little[0] to no recourse if Xfinity errs in their "metering". I don't think that type of business practice should be allowed without being subject to some kind of real oversight. 0: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/comcast-admits-data-cap-meter-blunder-charges-wrong-customer-for-overage/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/comca...