Comcast's New Wireless Service Goes Live For Current Xfinity Subscribers (digitaltrends.com) 52
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.
Hooray! (Score:5, Funny)
...and here I was just dreaming about ways I could get even more Comcast in my life!
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No (Score:2)
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!
I've had Comcast for less than a week... (Score:1)
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 coul
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> dinged my credit
Same here. I have to take three buses each way to work which takes over two hours each way since Comcast destroyed my credit. I can easily afford a car, but I can no longer get a loan on one because of Comcast. I'm wasting over a thousand hours a year now on riding a bus versus the less than a fourth of that it would take to drive.
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Did they kill your dog, too?
Your credit rating was so bad that an issue with Comcast tipped it over the precipice?
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Smart people ignore Comcast. I live in Seattle in a Comcast monopoly-area, but they can't offer service because of the Director's Rules. Do a Google search for "director's rules seattle," and you'll see more than a million results.. Even though they can't offer service, they still ding our credit reports. Smart people know to ignore Comcast's bogus claims on our credit reports.
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I know this doesn't help your particular situation, but the property manage company I work for that has almost four dozen building in the Seattle area ignores credit problems reported by Comcast since as we've seen most of Comcast's reports are bogus. It's just amazing how Seattle has given them a monopoly over most of the city, but doesn't manage their government-granted monopoly. I still can't believe Comcast continues to get away with this.
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I've been a customer of theirs for almost a month now. Installation, and our house had never, ever been wired for cable before, was $60. It wasn't a flawless install because the first installer was shocked to discover our house had never been wired for cable (we live on an old county highway). The second installer came out at 2 in the afternoon on EASTER SUNDAY and pulled the line and got us working in several hours. Yes, the installer put the line in on Easter Sunday with over two hours of work and it
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They only installed it on Easter Sunday. Even comcast usually requires a month before all your bogus charges show up.
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The power of greed (Score:1)
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!
Don't care. (Score:4, Informative)
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.)
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do you actually think that ATT is better?
Wait, what? Oh, my dear fellow, are you in Uverse territory? Ok, yes, there may be things worse even than Comcast. Although I think ATT is easier to talk to.
No, sorry, It was Verizon here, until they sold off the fiber business a few years back to some local company, I think as part of a deal to become Comcast's favored wireless provider. I see that's worked out really well....
The full story was, started with dialup, went to ATT Cable Modem, ATT sold the business to Comcast, service was the worst I've e
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do you actually think that ATT is better?
I don't but I *know* T-Mobile is better. MUCH better.
Deal breaker: international coverage (Score:3)
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.
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I'm not sure how they can even compare this to Fi. Fi is $20 a phone for all you can eat Phone and SMS and $10 a Gig for data flat rate with credit back for any unsed data. What Comcast is attempting to offer here is the same bullshit marked up service that ATT, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile are selling. It's not competitive and I predict it will be dead in 2 years.
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For $35 a month you can get Cricket (AT&T towers) with 4GB data (128kbps unlimited after that, no overages) and use any unlocked GSM phone you want, or get one of theirs, no contract. I have wifi usually available, so I never use more than 2GB a month, YMMV. But the service is good, and the price/hassle/value balance seems pretty optimal to me.
Funny timing (Score:2)
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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 "disco
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Deal breaker (Score:2)
Adds in my /. Its more common that you think. (Score:1)
Bad dog! You go outside!
Project Fi is a Better Deal (Score:2)
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.