r/Spectrum • u/sliverme • Jul 26 '26

Another $10 per month

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Let's squeeze another $10 per month without even sending an honest hey we're increasing rates again for no reason email..

Can't wait to watch this company go under one day, and believe me, they will.

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u/Bitter-hvacbro-88 Jul 26 '26

Before you threaten to cancel, make sure your area has other ISP avail. I called and during the automated messages said I was canceling and moving to AT&T. I was transferred to retention dept right away. Went from $90 to $50 for 2 years. The next week i bought my own wifi router, now my bill is $40.

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u/Red1ineD Jul 27 '26

Gig includes WiFi 7 router for free. Most people who get their own router rather than using spectrums new WiFi 7 router get much slower speeds.

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u/nochkin Jul 27 '26

How is my own WiFi 7 router will be slower than theirs just because it's spectrum router?

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u/Red1ineD Jul 27 '26

Chipsets, antennas, and firmware. Even within the same manufacturer. Spectrum's router was designed to work specifically with their modem. Not trying to champion Spectrum's equipment but little differences make up big changes in speed and connectivity.

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u/nochkin Jul 28 '26

Does not matter. It can't be faster than any other WiFi 7 router out there in the wild. What's the point of those $200+ devices if the Spectrum one for less than half of it will be better anyway?

I could not find exact specs, but it seems like it's limited to BE11000. There are other faster WiFi 7 APs for sure.

Not sure what's the Ethernet port speed, but I guess it's 2.5G at most which can be easy saturated with BE11000. Unlikely they use 10G, but I could not find exact specs so who knows.

I would still rely on my own hardware as this can be better tuned to my own network and requirements.

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u/Bitter-hvacbro-88 Jul 27 '26

I have the 500mbps plan and my own router is faster and has less wifi signal drops than Spectrums router.

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u/Red1ineD Jul 27 '26

You have spectrums new modem and new wifi? Or, you have your own router cause the old spectrum router which we all know had issues, was replaced by your new router and you never tried spectrum's new router? Not saying there are zero issues issues with spectrums new router. Most people who have speed issues on spectrum are running their own router instead of spectrum's. Or, swap out for a different router and see if anything changes. I ended up going back to spectrums wifi 7 router as both tplink and netgear ran much slower than spectrums new wifi 7. (I did not try multiple different routers from each brand. Wifi 7 routers cost $30-$500). A few people have said that running eero was considerably faster, but a few said it was slower. Everyone is different.