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Thursday, June 25th, 2026 5:39 PM

Good Will Wifi Pod Extender

I have had an insufferable experience with my first month here at Comcast Xfinity.

Install of the internet was fine, but then I was harassed by (can only guess "Offshore") gentleman once or twice a day for 3 days asking me to activate my new phone, that I hadn't even received yet.  After telling him multiple times not to do anything with my account, he preceded to activate my new phone - I had to scream at him to stop on two separate occasions.  After that I had to hang up on him a few times so he wouldn't kill off my existing phone.     

Once the phone arrived and I activated it (A another nightmare as Verizon refused to unlock my number)  I was promised that my trip to the Caribbean would have service.  It did not.     I finally got to a restaurant with secure wifi and got into a chat with a gentleman that could only repeatedly tell me that my phone was fine and I was all set for roaming.    I repeatedly reminded him that Xfinity's own website said I needed to be reprovisioned with a new esim before it would work, but he said no, I just needed to reboot.  Well - rebooting didn't work and it ended the chat, and I wasn't going thru that song and dance again.

I get home to the states and discover that the Wifi in my upstairs isn't working well, even though I have the internet speeds on the main floor.  We never had this problem with our Fios router. I open a chat with another "Offshore" person and ask for a Good Will Gesture of a Wifi Extender Pod.  He tells me it's $15 a month and won't budge, I remind him that they are $119 thru the app but he keeps pushing the $15 a month.   

I finally send him a link and he admits he was pushing a different product (Xfinity Pro)  which is a monthly fee but I can get the Extender for $119 - I finally snap because I could have done that without wasting an hour chatting with him and once again reiterated that I was looking for a good will gesture.  

Apparently this guys country has no idea what that is.  He just repeats the $119 line until I ask him to give me his boss/supervisor/tier 2 rep.   He finally says I may be eligible for an extender by running a test in my home thru the app.     I really shouldn't have to do all this song and dance.   I very close to bagging this experiment and going back to Verizon - sure, it was a little more money but way less of a hassle. 

So - can someone send me a Wifi extender? 

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user_4hxvgf, Hi there! Thanks for reaching out. I can understand why you’d be frustrated after dealing with repeated calls about the phone activation, roaming issues while traveling, and then spending more time trying to get help with your WiFi coverage upstairs. I am sorry to learn about this expereince. You shouldn’t have had to repeat yourself that many times or feel like your concerns weren’t being understood. We’d like to take ownership from here and review the account as a whole, including the mobile activation/roaming concerns and the home WiFi coverage issue, so we can see what options are available and make sure you’re getting accurate information. To get started, would you mind sending us a direct message with your first/last name and full address by clicking the "direct message" icon on the upper right page of the forum page? Once you click on that, click the "Start new conversation" (pencil and paper) icon. In the 'To:" line, input our shared handle "Xfinity Support" to send us a direct message.  

 

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