Advice for Dropping Comcast TV and Internet
 

We are tired of paying over $200 a month for Comcast TV, and Internet. Every year our bill goes up about $50.
We have heard of some people switching to T Mobile with a Firestick. Would appreciate any advice you could give to us. We have 4 TVs (I have my elderly Mother living with us). I need to have something that wouldn't be too confusing for her to use.
Thank you so much!

I have a firestick, others prefer Roku.

Search the forum for the words hulu or xfinity and you should find several discussions of cutting the cord.

If your elderly mother is like my elderly mother and father, they watch mostly network TV, westerns, and old TV shows/movies. If that is the case consider putting up an antenna. Once you pay the initial cost, it's free.

I like Roku TV's. The interface is simple, you can get voice remotes, and the move from live antenna TV to the apps is seamless. The internet connection to the TV provides a channel guide very similar to a cable channel guide, making it easy to navigate and see what is upcoming for each channel.

I have friends that tried both T Mobile and Verison neither was happy with Internet Speed.
Both were able to get Quantum Fiber for $30 monthly 200mbs and use Firesticks.

I have the same interest. First issue you need to deal with is giving up your Comcast Remotes which serve the purpose of making all 4 TVs controls identical. The Comcast Remote also has voice command capability. My TV's are all smart TVs but each has a distinct complex remote. I bought a Firestick which will work with each TV and is simple and has voice command capability. You need one for each TV.

Check the other Thread that is about streaming which discusses T-Mobile and options you might want regarding streaming choices. While many sites offer free streaming, live TV news, weather and current airings require paying.

Depending where you live, you may have little choice for internet. However, you can get a reasonable connection speed with Comcast for $30 per month (although you have to ask for the "special" price).

We have Comcast and thought of changing but you won't find anything equal to Comcast so if you can afford it, keep it. Some day if it get's too out of hand we'll likely switch to something but for now I really like having it.

We pay $272 per month to friggin Comcast up north for triple bundle (TV, phone we never use, and internet) with a DVR and three cable boxes that communicate with the DVR, so we have four TV’s. In the Villages we have a digital antenna and use our phones (Xfinity Mobil) for internet. We also still get dvd movies in the mail from Netflix to watch movies in the Villages.

Everything is about to change. Netflix is stopping its DVD mail service September 29th and our Comcast contract up north is about to expire. Going forward we are going to have Comcast internet only at both homes for about $50/month each and subscribe to YouTube streaming and Netflix streaming along with our existing AmazonPrime account. The total cost for that set up will be about $200 per month and we will have high speed internet at both homes and we will be able to stream TV through YouTube and watch content through both Netflix and Prime at both homes. We will still have local Chanel’s in the Villages through our antenna as well. We will save about $70 per month and have a Hugh upgrade in our Villages home. I have ordered 5 Roku devices for all of our televisions, at both homes, so we will only have to learn one new interface that will run everything. We selected YouTube for our streaming service because it has about 100 channels, an excellent cloud DVR service, and will allow us to use it at both homes. The only thing that will not be optimal for us after these changes will be difficulty watching my favorite sports teams without expensive additional subscriptions.

And don't forget some streaming services are raising their prices also.
So be careful, you might be $10.00 after from what you got now.

Go comcast internet - we have 1G speed, but you can go slower
We like YouTubeTV. $72/month, But you can share it with 6 gmail accounts (kids/grandkids, etc).

I tried TMobile internet. Initially speeds were very good. Overtime, the speed slowed significantly. But the real problem was that I kept losing the internet service. Everytime this happened, I would call TMobile and would end up talking to someone in India… they would determine that my TMobile modem was defective and send a new one which I had to install and then return the old one. I think they swapped my modem either 4 or 5 times. In the end, I ended up dropping tmobile and going to xfinity cable (fiber is not available in my neighborhood) for internet. I think my home was a little far from the nearest tmobile tower and that this was part of the tmobile problem.

My advice: Get fiber service if available. Fiber offers the best speeds and reliability. If you want to try TMobile … then consider trying it out for a month before cancelling your current service. TMobile does not require a contract and can be cancelled at any time.

I use the Roku box and remote. The remote is very simple and only has a few buttons. But if you have 4 TV’s, you would need to purchase 4 roku units.

Go to the Comcast store and tell them you are thinking of leaving. They’ll find discounts you didn’t know existed!! Also, if the account is in your name , switch it to your wife’s name. She is a new customer and you will get all the specials for new customers.

switched
 

We switched to the streaming version of Xfinity and bought fire sticks. This allowed us to return all the Comcast equipment and save $50/mo and still keep all our programming. The user interface is slightly less convenient, but worth it.

Go to Q.com to see if you have fiber available. Otherwise, Century Link. We have 200MBPS service and that's been plenty for streaming. YouTube TV has almost all the same channels as Xfinity at $72.99 plus tax per month. We went this way after our cable bill topped $200.00 and have been satisfied with the service.

We bundle with Comcast: TV, Phone, & Computer. Every time it goes up, we contact them and tell them we might have to drop their services if they can not lower our bill. They almost always do.