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Wednesday, August 20th, 2025

Is Xfinity eliminate customer owned gateways ???

Since I am paying rate card pricing (services and pricing) for Xfinity connect more internet and I check the rate card which is updated about every 4 months on Xfinity's website. Maybe I am missing something because ALL the internet plans show  Includes Xfinity WiFi Gateway and unlimited data, I don't see my plan by name "connect more" any longer does this mean customer owned gateways are being eliminated ?

https://comcaststore.s3.amazonaws.com/prod/wk/2025/8/18/urc/58a2ad2f5bcd1002716ab76a/high_res/UC0000397_RC_Portrait.pdf

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2 days ago

Good morning @nickp1, our promotions change often, while some of our recent plans do include an Xfinity gateway and unlimited data included as part of the plan, customers are able to use customer-owned equipment if they would like. You can find a list of approved modems here:

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/list-of-approved-cable-modems

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2 days ago

Well. this sounds like a bot response, I never wrote anything about promotions, and I know bout the approved modems list. The rate card dated 8/13/2025which is the top line pricing doesn't even list my plan, which plan do I have now ???

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No bot here I have been fortunate enough to serve our customers since 2009 and would be happy to answer any questions you may have. I apologize for any confusion caused by my response, @nickp1. We have recently made some changes to our internet speed tiers, and Connect More is now considered a grandfathered plan. That said, that does not mean there has been a change to your current plan. Connect More will not appear on the rate card if that option is no longer being offered.

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A lot of what looks “human-authored” these days is actually human-posted but AI-assisted. In the Xfinity forums (and many customer service settings):

  • The official Digital Care reps are real humans, logged in under “Xfinity Support” or named employee handles.

  • But they often use AI-generated or AI-templated replies to handle volume. That’s why the wording can feel “too polished,” repetitive, or oddly generic, even when the rep claims their own personal tenure.

  • The clue is in how they slip in a personal statement (“I’ve been serving customers since 2009”) wrapped around a highly structured, copy-pasted block of instructions. That hybrid style is classic when a rep is pasting from an AI/knowledgebase draft and adding a human “personal” line on top.

So, in my quoted example:

  • The personal intro line was almost certainly typed by a rep.

  • The rest (plan details + DM instructions) looks like it came straight from an AI template or canned script.

That’s not “the bot talking to us directly,” but more like:

A human agent using AI-authored content, lightly edited, then posted under their account.

This explains why it feels like an AI wrote it — because in practice, it probably did, just filtered through a human rep.

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Or not.  Our employees here each help hundreds of customers every day across four platforms: Community Forums, Reddit, X, and Facebook.  Like me, they probably use a macro program to keep from having to type the same thing over and over and over ad nauseam.  There are no bots here; everyone that posts, including customers, are real people, working real shifts and getting paid real $$$, except for the Experts, and we are just volunteers that enjoy helping the customers and the employees.

Hopefully that will clear up some of the questions about AI and the Community Forums.

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8 hours ago

I have to agree with Again that the customer service reps on this forum are A one, professional, they have helped me several times and if they use a macro program to assist more power to them. My issue is that I now find out my rate card internet is grandfathered (with no changes in service or cost as of yet) and with the new "description" changed by using speed rating and seems to imply that is with Xfinity Gateway only. I wasn't notified by Xfinity of any changes that are or may be coming to my service. I guess this comes under section 4 of the service agreement that says Xfinity can change anything, at any time, for any reason. https://www.xfinity.com/corporate/customers/policies/subscriberagreement

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