Originally Posted by rsmurano
(Post 2302348)
if you buy your own router, who is going to configure it? How many routers do you need? Most of the people who say they bought a router for $130 is buying the cheapest/slowest router available with very bad wifi coverage throughout your house and outside. I use 3 mesh routers in our house and I do my own configuring instead of having the Quack Squad from Best Buy do it.
Also, you should know with your current provider how much data you use in a month so maybe the data caps are larger than what you have been using. But with newer 4k shows and in the future 8k, your data usage can double or triple.
How long are you going to stay with Xfinity? If you leave in a year, is the $130 router you bought going to work with the next ISP?
Not all plans have data caps, the slower plans do, but the faster plans do not, at least the last time I dealt with Xfinity. I have always had Xfinity 1.2Gb network since we have been in TV (3 years) and they included their router in the monthly pricing of $85. So I configured a wired bridge mesh network using 2 more Decco routers (mine) with the latest 6e technology and have never had an issue. I am switching ISP's because Xfinity raised their prices and starting in a couple of weeks, my 1.2Gb with Xfinity will jump to $145 a month, just internet service. So I went with Spectrum 1Gb for 1/3 the price and that includes their router. I will change my mesh network to use the Spectrum router.
Youtube TV and all the other streaming providers (apple, Netflix, Hulu, Pluto, etc..) are all streaming services you can use over 5G, LTE, wifi, fiber network, or cable network, any network your device uses.
Check to see what ISP's you have in your area, and if fiber is 1 of them, go with fiber, it will be the fastest/most reliable/and the cheapest. You will need the fiber modem and then you can use your own equipment after the modem. My last house using ATT fiber, I used my own 4 netgear routers after their modem.
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