Comcast announces a five-year price lock for Xfinity internet plans

Comcast has announced that caller customers tin take a five-year, guaranteed terms lock-in for its Xfinity net plans. The plans won’t necessitate an yearly contract, and scope successful terms from $55 to $105 per month, according to a merchandise emailed to The Verge. They besides see unlimited data.

It’s a bully thought, being capable to enactment disconnected the rigamarole of calling my ISP each twelvemonth oregon 2 to beg them to bring maine backmost down to the terms that got maine successful the doorway successful the archetypal place. The plans travel with a modem / router combo and a 12-month Xfinity Mobile cellular program astatine nary other cost, with other lines costing $20 per month.

In a abstracted email, Comcast spokesperson Joel Shadle gave The Verge a breakdown of the pricing for cablegram tiers (download and upload speeds, respectively) that are disposable with the terms lock-in:

400/150 Mbps – $55/month

600/150 Mbps – $70/month

1.1 Gbps/300 Mbps – $85/month

2.1 Gbps/300 Mbps – $105/month

By mode of comparison, helium said earlier this deal, a 400Mbps program could scope from $25 to $30 per period for 12 months. Barring promotions, unlimited data, and instrumentality rentals, the older plans would person outgo “$69-83 depending connected your market.”

Finally, helium said that the prices besides use to Comcast’s fibre net plans, and added that “the 400 Mbps, 600 Mbps and 1.1 Gbps speeds are symmetrical,” meaning upload and download throughput are equal. 

(Disclosure: Comcast is an capitalist successful Vox Media, The Verge’s genitor company.)

Correction April 15th: A erstwhile mentation of this communicative misrepresented Comcast’s erstwhile rates. The “$69-83” terms fixed was without promotions and did not see instrumentality rentals oregon unlimited data.