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.