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Thursday, June 11th, 2026 11:19 PM

Moving Fee

I’m having a hard time understanding this.

We are simply moving within the same community. As your commercials say, you’re supposed to “make moving a breeze.” My plan was to take my modem with me and complete a self-install at the new address.

The new address already has service available; it just isn’t currently active. Despite that, I’m being told I have to pay a $39.99 fee simply to activate service at the new location. Two different representatives have told me the same thing: if I want service turned on at the new address, I must pay this extortion fee or I get service elsewhere.

I don’t understand why existing customers are charged an additional $39.99 just to transfer service to another address, especially when no technician visit is required in the home and I’m performing the installation myself. It feels less like a service fee and more like an unnecessary charge imposed on customers who are already staying with your company.

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7 hours ago

Concern moved here to the Billing help section for greater exposure to Comcast corporate employees (The Digital Care Team) for assistance. 

Official Employee

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6 hours ago

 

user_css12 Thank you for reaching out! The $39.99 fee mentioned is related to the Self Install Plus option. Self Install Plus is an installation option where a technician checks up to four existing outlets in a customer's home, while the customer installs and activates their devices independently. It costs $39.99 and is available for Xfinity Internet, TV, and Voice services. Customers are ineligible if they have never had Xfinity service to the location, order Xfinity Home, or request additional wiring. If the self-installation fails, troubleshooting is available, and a professional installation fee up to $100.00 may apply if a technician visit is needed within 30 days.
 
Self Install Plus is not optional, it is a required installation method when a customer's cable tap needs to be made hot due to no outside connection to the home. 

 

Visitor

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If I owned a pizzeria and ran an extensive advertising campaign featuring well-known celebrities promoting our $3 pizza slice and how our pizzeria "makes getting a slice easy," you would reasonably expect to pay $3 for a slice of pizza.

But when you went to purchase that slice, your bill came to $5. When you questioned the price, I explained that there was a mandatory $2 "pizza preparation fee" added to every slice and that everyone had to pay it.

Does that sound right to you?

Official Employee

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user_css12 We would be more than happy to check the status of your new location, and see if we can determine why Self Install Plus is the installation option. Please send us a direct message. 
 
 
 

To send a "Direct Message" message:

 


• Click "Sign In" if necessary
• Click the "Direct Message" icon
• Click the ""Start new conversation" (pencil and paper) icon
• Type "Xfinity Support" in the "To:" line and select "Xfinity Support" from the drop-down list which appears. The "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line
• Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window
• Press Enter to send it


How to: Direct messaging within the forum

 

 

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Visitor

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Service is available but not active. The $39.99 (to activate the service on Xfinity's end so that I can get service)...kinda like charging "a pizza prep" regardless of the fact that the prep is necessary to sell the slice... the activation is necessary to be able to provide service I pay for...therefore an xfinity "prep" issue and expense, not the customers. 

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