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PSA - Comcast users - Data Cap

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Fanatical Meat said:
I’m torn on those public WiFi hotspot things from Comcast. The idea is great, I don’t trust Comcast not to fuck it up & I would like some benefit to me for operating the equipment $5 per month off the rate is the absolute minimum I’d consider.
I’d probably take it and put it in the basement under a metal bucket then install a proper WiFi point somewhere normal.
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Also what I do. No bucket, but you aren't getting any signal unless you sit in my bushes.

You can't delete their equipment without fking up phone or the tv guide.
For Verizon's crap I do the same thing. When time comes to switch it's just swapping the box in the basement. No access points or any day to day logins change
 
zzyzxroad said:
Faraday cage + Ubiquiti Wireless Access Point? I have never used a Ubiquiti product but I have heard good things. At some point need to do something to get better reception in the back yard and garage.
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I have just as much wired stuff as wireless. I don't need their router, lol. (I use Ubiquiti stuff)
 
fleshconsumed said:
if you do not subscribe to their phone/tv service then you can always get your own modem with Comcast.
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Yea, I have a Arris SB6183, but what the other guys are saying is that there's a $25 unlimited add-on to your plan, but you have to use their gateway (modem / router), because Comcast has been pushing their "hotspot" that run off the gateways for about 5 years now.
 
Bitek said:
Also what I do. No bucket, but you aren't getting any signal unless you sit in my bushes.

You can't delete their equipment without fking up phone or the tv guide.
For Verizon's crap I do the same thing. When time comes to switch it's just swapping the box in the basement. No access points or any day to day logins change
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Yup, I don’t even bother with that. I cancel my service, wife signs up for new install on the same day. Fios just needs a router to work.
I literally do nothing with the network setup.
I only wait for my $150-$250 sign on bonus pre paid Visa card which goes on the bill.
 
ch33zw1z said:
Yea, I have a Arris SB6183, but what the other guys are saying is that there's a $25 unlimited add-on to your plan, but you have to use their gateway (modem / router), because Comcast has been pushing their "hotspot" that run off the gateways for about 5 years now.
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Wait... so if you pay extra for unlimited data on comcast you can't use your own modem anymore, you have to use their gateway? If so that is really shitty.

I suppose one could always switch to business account that has unlimited data and lets you use your own modem.

Yeah, I'm super glad I'm on fiber now through toast.net
 
ch33zw1z said:
Yea, I have a Arris SB6183, but what the other guys are saying is that there's a $25 unlimited add-on to your plan, but you have to use their gateway (modem / router), because Comcast has been pushing their "hotspot" that run off the gateways for about 5 years now.
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I don't *think* you have to use their modem. I signed up for the $25 plan, but the customer service rep I spoke to said you don't actually have to install it if you have your own equipment running. I signed up earlier this week and I have unlimited internet while still using my own equipment. They're going to ship me one of their terrible modem/routers and I'm going to keep it in it's original shipping box and throw it in my closet.

I'll update this thread if they force me to install their equipment, but right now it looks like you can sign up for the $25 option and just throw it in a closet somewhere. You can see below for a screenshot of what my account page looks like right now. The Moto Surfboard is my equipment and the ARRIS one is what Comcast is shipping me.
 

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ElMonoDelMar said:
I don't *think* you have to use their modem. I signed up for the $25 plan, but the customer service rep I spoke to said you don't actually have to install it if you have your own equipment running. I signed up earlier this week and I have unlimited internet while still using my own equipment. They're going to ship me one of their terrible modem/routers and I'm going to keep it in it's original shipping box and throw it in my closet.

I'll update this thread if they force me to install their equipment, but right now it looks like you can sign up for the $25 option and just throw it in a closet somewhere. You can see below for a screenshot of what my account page looks like right now. The Moto Surfboard is my equipment and the ARRIS one is what Comcast is shipping me.
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Thanks for the info. It may be worth it mentally for me to just do the $25 then rape and pillage the connection to my heart's content. "Hey, I'm going out to run some errands, may as well leave the 4k streaming cuz why not". OTOH, gonna use the next couple months as a bar for how realistic that will be, we have fought to keep the bill below $90, so getting the Mrs to go for the $25 unlimited will be tough, and as well. I think the $80 I pay for 100/6 is more that adequate and usage shouldn't matter.
 
ch33zw1z said:
Thanks for the info. It may be worth it mentally for me to just do the $25 then rape and pillage the connection to my heart's content. "Hey, I'm going out to run some errands, may as well leave the 4k streaming cuz why not". OTOH, gonna use the next couple months as a bar for how realistic that will be
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You sound like me dumping trash off a few times per year at our last Rental. When we took it we were thinking about buying but weren’t ready. The leasing agent said first year lease is the only one we fully enforce. Second year if you want to buy a place that’s fine you just need to complete 1/2 the lease to have no penalties. “We don’t want to get in the way of people buying a house”.
Lived there a few years because prices were insane 2005-2010. Found a house and guess what new management enforced lease terms.
As far as I am concerned they owe me $2500 of trash dumpster use. I figure I’m around half way to be complete.
 
ch33zw1z said:
I think the $80 I pay for 100/6 is more that adequate and usage shouldn't matter.
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Still ~$80 for 100Mb, geez they suck harder than a Hoover. That what I have to look forward to in January. I wouldn't move to Comcast equipment unless that refused activation - why they buy such crap is beyond me. I went through 3 routers and two tech visits in 5 years before I went with my own equipment - HTF is that economical? Anyways, good luck. Hopefully, on day, cable companies will be declared a public utility and the territorial monopolies for high speed internet can end.
 
Fanatical Meat said:
You sound like me dumping trash off a few times per year at our last Rental. When we took it we were thinking about buying but weren’t ready. The leasing agent said first year lease is the only one we fully enforce. Second year if you want to buy a place that’s fine you just need to complete 1/2 the lease to have no penalties. “We don’t want to get in the way of people buying a house”.
Lived there a few years because prices were insane 2005-2010. Found a house and guess what new management enforced lease terms.
As far as I am concerned they owe me $2500 of trash dumpster use. I figure I’m around half way to be complete.
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Yea, I have my hangups. Sticking to a corp like comcast whenever I can is one of them. Our internet package is t even that fast comparatively, so those dbags can suck it.
 
Ajay said:
Still ~$80 for 100Mb, geez they suck harder than a Hoover. That what I have to look forward to in January. I wouldn't move to Comcast equipment unless that refused activation - why they buy such crap is beyond me. I went through 3 routers and two tech visits in 5 years before I went with my own equipment - HTF is that economical? Anyways, good luck. Hopefully, on day, cable companies will be declared a public utility and the territorial monopolies for high speed internet can end.
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I don't rent their garbage either, and one day man....one day maybe we'll make it a utility, dare to dream
 
Mark your calendar - May 18, 2023, that is the date the FCC limitation imposed on charter when they merged with TW will expire allowing charter/spectrum to impose data caps.

Charter actually tried sway the FCC to not blocking data caps because "consumers want data caps".
 
Choices in my area are Comcast or Verizon FIOS. Easily settled for anything but Comcast. I don't even know if it's fios to be honest.

Company pays for my internet anyways.
 
In my area, my only alternative to Comcast is Frontier VDSL. Yeah... VDSL, state of the art 2008 era broadband technology. No download caps, but the maximum speed is 70 Mbps. It would probably cost me about $60 a month once you factored in the required modem rental and fees.

On the bright side, their IPTV package comes with OANN, so I could watch 24/7 news coverage that's trying to convince me that the election is a scam and Trump should be El Presidente for life 🙂
 
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