At the same time I asked Comcast to drop our internet subscription from the 150 mbps "Blast" level to the 60 mbps "Performance" level. (Both are rated at 5 mbps upstream.) I figure we might as well try the slower, cheaper downstream service to see if it satisfies our needs. (I think it will.) We can upgrade the internet service later if we need to.
The change in services went into effect immediately, and we were temporarily without any internet service until Comcast activated our new cable modem. This took less than an hour, and Comcast phone support was very helpful. The internet connection was up and running in time for us to watch the Michigan basketball game tonight live on YouTube TV.
Tomorrow I need to return all of the Comcast boxes to the local Comcast storefront.
So far so good.
Two big questions to be resolved:
- Will we be happy with the 60 mbps service?
- Will we be able to stay within our 1 TB monthly data cap?
And lots of little things to tweak as we figure things out.
I think our new monthly bills will add up to about $145 compared to the the $210 bill that Comcast sent us in December. We also invested $437 in new hardware that is I think superior* to the Comcast hardware, so we should break even in 6 or 7 months and see steady savings after that point. And we are not relying on any promotional pricing that will expire in 12 months.
* I went with a 3-node mesh network using Google Wifi.
This is very exciting
ReplyDeleteFYI, I did return all the Comcast equipment as planned on January 11.
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