[ale] Xfinity Modem -- lease or buy recoomendations

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

I have to call BS on the statement that residential address can't get TV
over the same cable as business... Being as how I'm writing this email
on a Xfinity Business class internet line while we watch residential TV
in the bedroom & living room. We only have one cable line from the box
in the yard to the house.

On 9/29/2015 11:23 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> On 09/29/2015 10:51 AM, Scott Castaline wrote:
>> I felt the same way until yesterday when I got a text that we had
>> reached 90% of our 300G. In researching our usage I found that up until
>> July we used less than 60G. Our household has jumped from my wife and I
>> to 9 people in mid August, so our numbers started to increase rapidly.
>> After going round robin with sales and support we found that they are
>> giving you a 3 month grace period where they will not charge more. (The
>> actual wording was that for every month you go over you get 1 month
>> overage N/C). After that it's $10 for every 50G extra. They are also
>> rolling out a trial no cap in Nov. for $39.99 over our current package
>> which is the extreme (105) staying in the residential service. From what
>> what I could see that is close to what I'd pay for the bundled business
>> package. We currently have a 3 pak so I don't know what the equiv would
>> be in the business side.
> 3-pak?  Is that "triple-pay"?
>
> Residential addresses can't get TV over the same cable as the business
> ISP. It is a utility commission thing. Roughly, business connections
> provide 50% less bandwidth for the same price as a residential plan.
>
> Don't forget that today is 9/29 - just a few days shy of the month. But
> check your billing cycle dates to be sure.
>
> Comcast phone service is VERY expensive at $30/month - about 3x more
> than reputable VoIP services. I pay $5/month with free inbound calling.
> Email off list if you want to know more.
>
> I'd have a household meeting to discuss the current situation and come
> up with a solution, especially if these are adults.
>
> $10 might not be a big deal if the house is full of adults.  If kids are
> causing the huge bandwidth use - that is a completely different thing,
> IMHO.  Many routers have time of day limit controls that can be enforced
> by MAC.  I'd want to know exactly what the traffic was.
>
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