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Pretty sure you will need one TV account to keep streaming TV channels offered by Xfinity. But as long as you have that figured out etc., I remember the same frustration. I think I sort of remember a setting for the TV for handicapped people had to be disabled, regardless of whether or not you disabled screen captioning. Hope it helps.

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2433458)

OP, if you want to continue watching the Xfinity channels, the most likely replacement would be to subscribe to YouTubeTV, which will cost you about $93 per month

YES...most importantly
You will need some sort of streaming provider if you want to retain "live" TV including Orlando networks, premium channels (eg golf, HGTV, food, etc.

So, either keep subscribing to a Comcast package or go to some other carrier like YouTube TV...

Using over the air digital antenna has mixed results in The Villages.

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Originally Posted by DrHitch (Post 2433875)

You are right, basically that's it. What people don't realize is how easy it is to switch from traditional cable to streaming YouTube TV. Even at $93/month, you will still be saving a significant amount of money by dropping cable.

I want to thank all the cheapskates here who dropped comcast. My upload/download speeds are always greater that the Xfinity plan I'm paying for, which Xfinity constantly reminds me of. No more stuttering, pausing or dropouts either. So there's always a silver lining.

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Originally Posted by jrref (Post 2433725)

As you are aware, for the past four years here in the Villages I have been helping my friends, neighbors and any referrals I get cut the cord and switch to Quantum Fiber if they can get it. I don't have a business, just helping people who need it. That said, I don't have hard numbers but I've been keeping track of Villagers telling me they have buffering problems and then verifying if when switching to fiber, if they go away. In all the cases that I've been involved in, the buffering stopped when doing nothing but switching to fiber. This is for Quantum and Centric fiber. With fiber you have a dedicated connection with dedicated bi-directional bandwidth from your home to the swiching office where you are connected to the internet with common equipment as you mentioned. With cable, you have a shared connection with "X" amount of your neighbors until it gets to their switching office. The problem is, as more people stream, more data is being used over the existing cable infrastructure sometimes using all the bandwith at peak times. This is why your speed will also vary. The cable companies are supposed to monitor traffic and manage it, potentially adding capacity as needed but that costs money and is not being done much these days. I'm not saying everyone on cable will have buffering problems, just that I've been hearing this more and more as I interact with people here in the Villages. And it's totally dependent on where you live.

Do you know if the village of Dunedin has access to fiber? Ive been using Spectrum for internet and their prices just keep going up.
Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Desiderata (Post 2434127)

Do you know if the village of Dunedin has access to fiber? Ive been using Spectrum for internet and their prices just keep going up.
Thanks.

Yes it does. I sent you a PM.