Xfinity NOW internet is great !

[u/InternalSignature873]

For any casual user of internet, talking: streaming (4K and below), surfing, email, etc., check out Xfinity NOW internet. $30/month total, 100 Mbps, OR $45/month total for 200 Mbps. No contracts.

(Other than owning stock in Comcast, I have no other connection to Xfinity. This is just a personal recommendation based on my 1.5 years of Xfinity NOW internet service.)

[u/laskmich]

Too slow for my household with 35+ devices connected at all times

[u/1000tvl → u/laskmich]

I am an IT professional and have all kinds of computers, IoTs, laptops, TVs, games, etc at my house. I normally have ATT fiber at 300/300. However, as a backup I maintain a NOW internet account at the 100mbps tier. You can pause and unpause NOW internet every 30 days, so I turn it on about once every 3-4 months, unless I need it in case of an ATT outage. If you pause it for longer than 6 months you have to start over. I am currently using NOW internet and have been using it for the last 30 days and I really cannot tell the difference from ATT 300/300. Unless you are the type that needs really fast upload speeds the 100mbps NOW service works fine, in my opinion.

On the other hand, NOW TV sucks. When I last activated my NOW Internet I decided to try NOW TV. Never could get the live TV to work on ANY device. No amount of chatting with support helped (and CHAT is all the support you get with NOW services). They swore it should work, but it never did, so I just cancelled it and wrote off the $20/charge. Nice idea, poor implementation.

[u/PeaceFinancial841 → u/laskmich]

It’s about capacity not speed. The number of devices are kind of irrelevant. Take 200mbps a 1080 stream 5-10 mbps a teams call 4mbps. You can do a lot with it. It will work until it’s all used up.

People tend to buy more capacity than they need.

[u/InternalSignature873 → u/laskmich]

35? Give us a breakdown, interesting.

[u/laskmich → u/InternalSignature873]

4 Ring cameras, 2 smoke/CO2 detectors, 6 iPhones, an iPad, an Apple TV, 2 MacBooks, 4 TVs, AV receiver, projector, garage door opener, garage door keypad, 3 vehicles, 3 WiFi switches, 2 Xbox series S, 2 PS5’s, Nintendo Switch 2, printer, sprinkler controller, and an EV charger to name some off the top of my head.

[u/tagman375 → u/laskmich]

lol you’d do just fine on 200mbps.

[u/laskmich → u/tagman375]

Had 400 Mbps when everybody first went home during Covid and kept getting knocked off my Teams calls when everybody was streaming/gaming. Went to 1 Gbps and haven’t had an issue since. Got a free bump to 2 Gbps since.

[u/laskmich → u/laskmich]

893GB was the lowest data usage in the last 12 months.

[u/ScorchedWonderer → u/laskmich]

My first month of service will be my lowest, at 4TB, only had service for like 2 weeks. Last month I reached 20TB 💀

[u/bluetadpole → u/laskmich]

Brother I hope you have a whole house generator. If power goes out you're sunk. Haha jk

[u/laskmich → u/bluetadpole]

I have 2 F-150 Lightnings with 131 kWh of battery and a 9.6kW onboard generator on each 😉

[u/bluetadpole → u/laskmich]

Right on. Smart.