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Thursday, April 4th, 2024 5:14 AM

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Filing a FCC Complaint

I’ve been fighting with Xfinity since March 12, 2024. My monthly bill was up to $207.65 for tv and internet (barely any channels and most were all re-runs). I changed to a cheaper plan and signed the 1 year agreement. Moments later I received an email that they were not going to honor the agreement we just signed. I was not offered any other deals at the time. Multiple agreements were signed and changed in March. Fast forward… I now have an absolute garbage plan (Now Tv with internet and Xfinity streaming app). I was assured that using the streaming app while at home on my WiFi I wouldn’t use any of the data included in my plan. With that, I figured my data plan would be enough. As I get a few days and weeks into this new plan I realize I’m using quite a bit of data though I’m only using the xfinity streaming app through Xumo box. I took all of my cell phones and computers offline to see if they were the cause of so much data. I checked the internet usage before I “unplugged” all other devices. They weren’t the problem. It shows I used 81G in 2 days while ONLY using the app. I contacted customer service today who assured me it doesn’t count. I was transferred to another department to have credits applied to my account. However, that didn’t happen. I was told they would not be issuing any credits and the app does in fact use data. [Edited: "Inflammatory"]

(the data plan I’m referring to is what is included with my internet plan, not mobile plan)

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1 year ago

@user_373126 

According to this Comcast article: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/data-usage-what-counts-towards-my-data-plan;

"All data usage delivered over your home Xfinity Internet service, both downloaded and uploaded, is counted towards the 1.2 Terabyte (TB) Internet Data Usage Plan, regardless of the source. All internet-based video streaming and download services, including internet-delivered programming available through xfinity.com/stream and Xfinity apps, ARE INCLUDED in the calculation of monthly usage."

I apologize you received the incorrect information when calling in, but I can tell you that this information has been shared in this and other articles for many years. You likely did not receive any credits now or in the future due to this policy. They simply will not be able to provide you that due to existing policies. 

Even if you had their X1 tv service you would likely be consuming data via that product which will also count towards your monthly data usage (according to: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/x1-internet-data-usage-details).

You can modify the quality of the stream videos you are watching (i.e. 4k to HD/SD) to help you to reduce your used data. Unfortunately, most video streaming apps default to the highest resolution available which results in high data usage. You can also add their Unlimited Data plan or their xFi Complete service so you will never need to worry about data used. They have another article that may provide you with additional information on how to avoid data overages, found here: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/data-usage-avoid-overage-charges. You can get other FAQs for Comcast's data usage plan here: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/data-usage-plan

 

I hope this helps.

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