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Monday, February 16th, 2026 11:44 PM

Already activated new modem?

Tried to activate modem from apartment, was unable to activate. Retrieved a new modem from Xfinity for my apartment. Tried to activate new modem, waited 20 minutes 2 times to activate, both resulting in failure. Tried to activate again, received an error saying I already activated. Yet, there’s no wifi. Amber light blinking. The Xfinity app doesn’t show any wifi changes, only to activate gateway.

Also, Xfinity says I now have 2 gateways. But one was traded in and the new one does not work. $100 technician fee.

Tried to work it out with Xfinity Chat and Customer Service. Xfinity Chat bot told me to wait, an hour passed and nothing. Xfinity Chat agent told me they will activate my gateway and I will receive signal in an hour, it’s way past an hour. Customer service line for old modem told me to trade it in. Customer service line for the new modem told me that I should not have traded it in and that I should get a technician.

All customer service, in person and through the phone, kept asking me to upgrade my phone line in the end. 

Will I be charged for both gateways, when one was traded in, and the other one doesn’t work?

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5 hours ago

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

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5 hours ago

@user_z0k5n5 Thanks for adding to the community and sharing your experience. We can help make sure the service is connected if you need that. For your question, if you pay for a modem rental, you'll only ever pay one rental fee even if you get an additional one to troubleshoot. If you have one of our newer plans, they all include the equipment, so there's no need to worry about an additional fee. 

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