Comcast/Xfinity

Comcast Promises No Surprises: A 5-Year Price Lock for Xfinity Internet

If the words “internet bill” make your eye twitch, you’re not alone. With many providers, prices spike, promos vanish, and fees seem to multiply overnight. Xfinity Internet is looking to change that. Comcast now offers new customers a five-year price guarantee—no contracts, no surprise hikes, no fine-print nonsense. It’s a welcome shift from the usual game of bill roulette, with consistent pricing, unlimited data, and solid service you don’t have to second-guess. Comcast offers a way to make at least one of your monthly bills a bit less stressful, and we’re here for it!

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Comcast Introduces New Gateway Infrastructure for Apartments

The Internet is rapidly becoming a utility, not a luxury. Connectivity is as important as electricity and water, and knowing that your apartment or townhouse has access to a solid internet setup can sometimes be the tiebreaker if you’re debating where to move. Comcast is continuing its quest to ensure that its subscribers have access to good internet connectivity now and in the future, and the latest step in that never-ending quest is its Connected Building solution. Comcast has all this linked to its Multifamily Xfinity Broadband Gateway, which admittedly sounds like a science fiction innovation but is actually just…

A family together while all on their devices.

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Xfinity Boosts Internet for Almost All Their Subscribers, Plus Free Xfinity Mobile for Qualifying Plans!

Great news today if you have Xfinity internet, disappointing news for anyone who doesn’t. Xfinity is boosting their internet speeds AND offering a deal with one year of Xfinity Mobile free if you have a qualifying internet plan!

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NOW Mobile’s Tax Season Deal: A Free 5G Phone, a $100 Prepaid Card, and No Line Setup Fee

Tax season usually means crunching numbers and waiting for refunds, but NOW Mobile is making it a little easier to keep more money in your pocket right away. From now through February 17, anyone activating a new line can get a Moto g 5G phone for free—no gimmicks, no hidden fees. Plus, if you’re switching over from another carrier, an extra $100 prepaid card is waiting for you.

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Xfinity’s Ultra-Low Lag Internet: Faster Than a Blink, Ready for Gaming, FaceTime, and More!

I recently tried to explain how dial-up internet worked to my preteen child. He was fascinated and horrified by the idea that YouTube didn’t exist because the internet took 10 minutes to download a picture. Xfinity remembers those days, and they also know that the bar for internet performance is much higher now. That’s why they’re rolling out new ultra-low lag internet connectivity for real-time applications like gaming, video conferencing, and mixed reality.

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Save Big This Holiday Season with Xfinity Mobile: Up to $830 Off Phones, $500 to Switch, and More

Xfinity is using the holiday season to make a big push to lure customers to its Xfinity Mobile service. If you’re already an Xfinity internet user, you might want to give their mobile offerings a close look with these new holiday sales!

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Xfinity’s Wicked Black Friday Deals Are Downright Magical!

Are you excited for Wicked Part One? At a minimum, it’s generated plenty of off-screen drama and at least one collector’s item box, but it’s also inspiring cross-marketing sales. Xfinity is jumping on the Wicked/Black Friday wave with big sales on Xfinity mobile devices!

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Best iPhone 16 Deals: How to Get Huge Savings from US Carrier Discounts!

On the off chance you missed it, Apple announced new iPhones this week! The iPhone 16, 16 Pro, 16 Plus, and 16 Pro Max are going to be up for pre-order Friday with shipping next Friday, along with new Airpods, the Series 10 Apple Watch, and the Apple Watch Ultra 2. It’s a big lineup, and you’ll want to hunt down the best deals, so here’s our roundup of where you can stretch that tech budget to get the latest and greatest.

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4 New Xfinity NOW Services Provide Budget-Friendly Internet at Home and On the Go

Having home internet and/or a smartphone is no longer a luxury. Unfortunately, they’re basically utilities that can command up to luxury prices. Comcast is looking to make the Internet more equitable with a new suite of Xfinity NOW services to keep you connected at home and on the go.

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Xfinity Door/ Window Senor and Xfinity Motion Sensor Offer More Ways to Protect Your Home from Anywhere

There are a lot of different ways to protect your home. You can go with professional monitoring or put together your own do-it-yourself solution. Xfinity has offered monitoring solutions for a while, and now they’re adding more solutions, including a new Xfinity Door/Window Sensor and an Xfinity Motion Sensor so that you can put together home security your way!

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Comcast Xfinity Aims to Push Your Internet Speeds to New Heights with DOCSIS 4.0

At any given time, in my household, we’re streaming on the television, I’m working remotely, and my son is either doing homework online or playing Roblox. I’m guessing most households are similarly adept at using and needing more and more internet bandwidth! If you’re a Comcast Xfinity customer in Colorado Springs, you’re about to get access to a new level of speed that’ll make everyone else very, very jealous.

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Comcast Preps for Bad Weather While Maintaining Your Internet Connection with Storm-Ready WiFi!

We may not work from home all the time anymore, but we’re still pretty tightly connected to home internet for work, play, and general household operations. It’s also a fact of life that acts of nature do not always mix with our need for connectivity; power can be knocked out at the most inopportune times, but Comcast has the solution with Storm-Ready WiFi!

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Xfinity Expands Their Home Security Offerings with the Xfinity Video Doorbell

There are a lot of home security options out there. But for every person who is fine with buying their own devices and setting it up, there are people like my parents who vastly prefer to stick with the consistency of one company handling everything for them. They already use Comcast for their internet, cable, and home security, and they’ll be very excited to hear that Comcast is expanding its offerings early next year with the Xfinity Video Doorbell!

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Comcast Xfinity Launches Self Protection Cameras for DIY Security

Home security is no longer only the realm of expensive monthly subscriptions but something you can install and monitor yourself if you wish. Comcast Xfinity has your back with a new program called Self Protection that lets you monitor your front door/back door/dog in the kitchen, all with continuous recording for only $10/month.

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Xfinity Offers Faster Speed and Happier Family Members with Powerful Second Generation xFi Pods

It’s not a luxury to have high-speed internet all over your home, it’s a necessity for work and school. Xfinity knows this, and they’re rolling out the second generation of their xFi Pod mesh network solution to make sure your whole house has internet. Yes, even that one room no one likes because it’s farthest from the router.

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Leviton and Xfinity Team up to Make Your Lights and Home Smarter

Xfinity does a lot more than just provide internet and cable. They’re very integrated into the smart home, as proven by my parent’s Xfinity alarm system that led to some cloak and dagger email deletion. However, your Xfinity-powered home is about to get a lot smarter than just letting you know when someone has opened the front door, thanks to integration with Leviton’s Decora Zigbee smart light switches, dimmers, and modules.

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Xfinity Home Knows How to Find Reruns and Your Keys!

Tile is one of the greatest inventions of modern times. Slap one on your keys, wallet, backpack, or any other easily misplaced item, and you can call upon the power of several devices to track your wayward possessions. Comcast wants in on that sweet tracking action, and now you can use your Xfinity remote to find your keys!

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Xfinity Has Easter Eggs You Can Collect and Open from Your Couch

If you’re looking for ways to keep yourself and your quarantine-mates entertained while waiting out the pandemic, and if you live in an area with Comcast Xfinity services, you should check out the Easter eggs they’ve hidden that you can access right now with the Xfinity Voice Remote.

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Comcast Xfinity Beefs up Speed and Security in 2020

Internet went from being something you dialed into when your parents didn’t need the phone line to a utility on par with electricity and water. It feels like everything in the home requires an internet connection! Xfinity is rolling out advanced WiFi gateways as well as more security for all those connected devices.