{"id":22671,"date":"2025-04-15T18:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22671\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:27:07","slug":"comcast-announces-a-five-year-price-lock-for-xfinity-internet-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22671\/","title":{"rendered":"Comcast announces a five-year price lock for Xfinity internet plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Comcast has announced that new customers can choose a five-year, guaranteed price lock-in for its Xfinity internet plans. The plans won\u2019t require an annual contract, and range in price from $55 to $105 per month, according to a release emailed to The Verge. They also include unlimited data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It\u2019s a nice thought, being able to put off the rigamarole of calling my ISP every year or two to beg them to bring me back down to the price that got me in the door in the first place. The plans come with a modem \/ router combo and a 12-month Xfinity Mobile cellular plan at no extra cost, with extra lines costing $20 per month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">In a separate email, Comcast spokesperson Joel Shadle gave The Verge a breakdown of the pricing for cable tiers (download and upload speeds, respectively) that are available with the price lock-in:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"duet--article--blockquote ewrhy30 _1xwtict9\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">400\/150 Mbps &#8211; $55\/month<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">600\/150 Mbps &#8211; $70\/month<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">1.1 Gbps\/300 Mbps &#8211; $85\/month<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">2.1 Gbps\/300 Mbps &#8211; $105\/month<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">By way of comparison, he said before this deal, a 400Mbps plan could range from $25 to $30 per month for 12 months. Barring promotions, unlimited data, and equipment rentals, the older plans would have cost \u201c$69-83 depending on your market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Finally, he said that the prices also apply to Comcast\u2019s fiber internet plans, and added that \u201cthe 400 Mbps, 600 Mbps and 1.1 Gbps speeds are symmetrical,\u201d meaning upload and download throughput are equal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">(Disclosure: Comcast is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge\u2019s parent company.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\"><strong>Correction April 15th: <\/strong>A previous version of this story misrepresented Comcast\u2019s previous rates. The \u201c$69-83\u201d price given was without promotions and did not include equipment rentals or unlimited data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comcast has announced that new customers can choose a five-year, guaranteed price lock-in for its Xfinity internet plans.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3161],"tags":[7165,3082,12,326,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-22671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-comcast","9":"tag-internet","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114343394931877639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}