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Old 06-19-2025, 03:38 PM
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When we moved here, our options for internet were satellite (hell no), CenturyLink at a whopping 2 (yes, two) mpbs, or Xfinity. We've been Xfinity cable customers for many years, so we picked that, and cut the cord and got a Roku stick. That was 7 years ago, I connected it all myself because it really isn't hard to do at all. Then we picked YouTubeTV after we settled into living here a few months later, which was also simple to do.

I have the same router and modem that I bought at Staples when we closed on the house in 2018. Everything works fine. Xfinity internet went up $10 this year, but I'm now paying $60/month for some stupidly large amount like 600mbps. YouTubeTV raised its prices in January but I yelled at them and they lowered it back down. This month it was supposed to go up to the increased price, but the notice had a coupon to give me the lowered price for another 6 months.

If it ever becomes more expensive than Hulu+TV, I'll switch to that. But for now I'm good.