[62SkiDoo]

I work from home. I have Quantum's base lifetime plan. I'm constantly on Zoom, Teams and Slack, I am uploading and downloading code and large image files and editing resources on line. I'm simultaneously streaming SiriusXM over my own laptop on the same network and periodically checking the news on Roku when I take a break, not to mention checking email and streaming on my phone. In the evenings, I stream over Roku and on my laptop.

Bandwidth is the least of my problems.

Why does anyone need all that bandwidth and speed? Gaming? Well, then maybe. Anything less, start with the base plan and only increase it if actually needed. Applications will scream and providers will always be happy to sell more bandwidth.

As for Comcast, they exemplify corporations out of touch and out of control. I patronize these characters only when I must, when there is absolutely no other choice. I ditch them at the first opportunity when fiber or anther cable provider arrives.

The extraction is always the worst. They seem to keep their hooks in for as long as possible, to really drag out the pain of their Kafkaesque customer service, to make leaving as aversive as possible. This time, just as I thought I was free, I received a bill for an obsolete modem for which they had sent me a replacement over a year ago! I had to go back a second time to the service center and sit there in line for an hour to get that straitened out. They'd have gladly charged me $150 for scrap heap junk had I not pushed back.

Comcast possesses a corporate culture with no conscience.