Comment on FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbps

• Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mine is $30/mo for unlimited (on top of my plan cost) with my own modem.

  Luckily there’s a few FTTH companies that are almost done laying fiber in my area. I’m finally giving comcast the boot.

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• Maeve@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How much do they charge you to use their modem?

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  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They recently changed the prices. It’s $30 extra with your own modem or free of you use theirs since they’ll also use it to supply others with free ‘hot spots’ and cellular service.

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    • Maeve@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Uhhh, how does that work? I’m hoping separate passwords!

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      • ripcord@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, it's a different SSID on an isolated network.

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      • fraydabson@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Comcast has been doing this for over a decade I believe. By default their routers advertise a hotspot exclusive to other Comcast subscribers. Not sure the security behind it since it’s not technically a password just authenticate via your Comcast account. But I agree it is crazy lol I had a similar reaction when I first found out.

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    • Pretzilla@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cellular hotspot with a Comcast modem, really?

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      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I guess not technically cellular bands but wifi coverage to supplement the mobile phone service they offer now.

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• Sabata11792@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had to get a fucking business plan to not deal with this BS. Still never got half the speed I'm paying for. The only other option is $100 for DSL.

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• ripcord@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It's $20 for unlimited here with Comcast, or the business plan which is actually less right now for some reason for the same speeds.

  AT&T is unlimited with their gigabit plans or faster. Maybe their 300mbps plan too (heck I guess I'm not sure they have any caps at the moment come to think of it).

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  • fraydabson@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It does look like the prices changed recently. I have 2 houses currently with similar plans. My currently living in house is using the Xfinity modem and costs $25 /m but I guess that’s the modem and the unlimited so not too bad.

    My other house has my own network system and not using any Comcast hardware and that one is $30/m.

    The bad part for me was until recently they refused to give me unlimited (when it cost $50) and I wasn’t able to get it for a while. It just wouldn’t go through. I got my fair share of overage charges cause of it. I’m sure if I spent enough time bitching at support I could get something from it but I don’t have it in me to do that lol

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