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I like the design. It’s simple and elegant. Also, found this fact sheet about the gateway.

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The design reminds me of the last Apple WiFi router from a few years ago. I just wished this router would support Fibre input - so that Canadian SPs would take this as an option. Right now in Canada we're STUCK with the router they provide. For us living in small units spending another $200+ for a router to connect 4 or less devices doesn't seem to make much sense currently but I'm tempted for this one to add more browsing security.
 
$140 here for unlimited 700 down, 40 up (they call it GB). It'd actually be cheaper if I added TV (even if I never used it), but I don't want to count as a subscriber for a dying service. The cable bundle (and streaming bundle) just need to go away.
it really does suck, haggle and threaten to leave is what I usually do
 
6E it’s about time. Thank you Comcast for starting the parade
Other Cablevision companies and cellphone companies will soon be coming out with this
Hopefully Apples iPhone 14 supports this protocol
 
I don’t believe in paying ‘rental fee’s’ for anything, especially these companies that just want to tax you as much as they possibly can. That’s why I prefer just to buy out right, even though I do think ~$14 is on the lower end, but consumers should be more aware and think about these types of things that adds up over the course of time.
The problem is Comcast charges you more if you bring your own modem if you need unlimited data. $14/mo rental + $11/mo xFi Complete gets you unlimited data with their gateway. The cost is $30/mo with a customer owned device.
 
So far, I've found those free routers to be quite cheap and unreliable. I cannot say for this model in particular, but in my house with a family and multiple devices all around the place, a similar product sometimes became a lag bottleneck. My colleagues and I have had multiple issues with facetime/zoom that now are in our lifestyle (even through Ethernet). All those points got solved on my side when I purchased a router from a reputable company and enabled bridge mode on the modem. Said colleagues did similarly with theirs and we now have better Internet quality.

Also, this helps by allowing changing the DNS from the provider one to something more private that supports DNS over TLS/HTTPS, which is now supported by Apple. That way, it becomes way harder for providers to snoop, modify and sell your Internet usage, as they only know about the IPs you connect to, not the actual host.

That said, I applaud the fact they are providing an embedded router now. Most people would be OK with having this device, for their mobile lifestyle and for casual net usage.
 
What's the over/under for how long that'll last?
Been a couple years now, so we'll see. Considering less than 2% of customers come close to the 1.2TB cap, I don't see it changing. They'll continue to raise the cap too as data consumption in general increases. It was 1.0TB just a couple years ago.
 
Good on Comcast. Maybe CenturyLink and others will follow suit. For me, I’m really happy with the Unifi Dream Router that I paid $79 For.
 
Despite all the issues I have had with Comcast, I have to admit that over time they keep upgrading services at equivalent or lower cost (cable TV not included here).

1. My gigabit plan has increased from a 1000 Mb to a 1200 Mb maximum at no extra charge
2. They used to charge $50 for unlimited data and $13? for the modem lease. Now both are included in the $25 XFi complete.
3. Advanced security used to be a separate charge. Now it is included in my plan.
4. They regularly update their modems to meet the latest standards. Added AC support when went from black to white, now adding 6E support. The rental fees for each device period are less than the cost of upgrading routers to support the new standards.
4. The 40 Mbps upload limit is annoying, but it is a limitation of the version of DOCSIS that they currently use. DOCSIS 4.0 is in the works.


The announcement says "The gateway is also Comcast’s first to support the speeds of the future – symmetrical Gigabit speeds". Does that mean it is a docsis 4.0 gateway?

Since AT&T is installing 1 Gbps symmetrical fiber to the home just a few hundred feet from me Comcast has its feet to the fire.
 
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