[PLUG] Comcast/Xfinity experiences?

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2018, Russell Senior wrote:

> These are teaser rates, they'll go up after 6 months (most likely). Or, it
> involves a 2 year contract, where the tail of the contract pays them back
> for whatever front end inducement they had to provide you.

Russell,

   This looks familiar from previous threads here on this subject. It sounded
too good to be true, and most such offers are too good to be true.

> They may also be trying to head off municipal fiber by trying to lock
> people into term contracts. Troutdale City Council voted last night to
> join in an intergovernmental agreement with other municipalities within
> Multnomah County to help fund a publicly-owned fiber feasibility study.
> Troutdale's portion is just a few thousand dollars.

   Interesting, and good.

> Also, Comcast provides service over coax. They do have fiber, but not that
> you have access to except by going through their coax. With any cable
> service, your upstream bandwidth is much more limited than with a fiber
> service.

   I wondered about this when they kept mentioning coax.

   I'm always leery when some company offers much greater service for much
less a cost. It appears this is the case now.

   Thanks for the detailed, candid explanation.

Best regards,

Rich