Why am I forced to bundle?

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@dereknungesser wrote:
I’m trying to help my parents change their Xfinity service. They currently are paying for the tv, phone, and internet bundle and have been 20-year customers. Now that all the kids are out of the house, they have no need for cable tv and just want internet service. They also haven’t had a landline in years so they’re paying for stuff they don’t need or want anymore. I live in the same zip code as my parents and I’m able to get internet only plans, however it’s saying internet only plans aren’t available in their area. They are forced to pay for the bundle or switch to Fios which they don’t want because they like Xfinity. Is there any possible way they could get the option to only pay for internet?

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Have your parents authorized/approved you to make changes on their account?  Not just saying yes to you, but calling in and having you added to be able to do that?  If not there's nothing here we can do for you because you're not authorized to make changes on their account.

Derek - did you ever find a resolution for your parents? The "expert" reply you got was completely irrelevant and clearly avoided answering your question. I'm also trying to help my parents switch to internet only and curious what you found out.

Thank you!

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@SCHOEP wrote:

Derek - did you ever find a resolution for your parents? The "expert" reply you got was completely irrelevant and clearly avoided answering your question. I'm also trying to help my parents switch to internet only and curious what you found out.

 

Thank you!

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I am sorry you think my reply was irrelevant but it was absolutely relevant.  Unless you are authorized to make changes to their account, you won't be able to, and they have to call in in order to authorize you.

Hi @SCHOEP, 

We appreciate you for using the Xfinity Forum to get assistance with your downgrading your parent's services. I'm sorry if you felt the questions asked by our Expert were irrelevant. However, @Again is correct. If you are an authorized user on your parent's account don't see the options you're looking for online, a member of my team could chat with you in a private message to discuss the internet-only options available. If you aren't authorized, we'd need them to call in and have you added before we can provide any information about the account. For the safety and security of our customer's accounts, for billing info, and to make any changes to an account, we must first verify: 

* Your first and last name, 

* The account holder's first and last name, 

* and their service address. 

My team would be happy to step in a help however we can. If you are ready to discuss their options and have been added as an authorized user, please send me a private message with the requested information by clicking on my name, "ComcastChe," and then click send a message. 

I agree with the objection.  Your comment IS irrelevant.  They are not asking about permissions.  That is not the question.  I have the exact same question about bundling.  Instead of addressing the question, you focused on something irrelevant.  I ask the SAME question about bundling for myself.  Tell my question is irrelevant.  BTW, I have done changes for my father, with permission.  I would imagine that this person would have obtained same permissions.  STICK TO THE TOPIC

Hi @lcks, to boot, @Again is a volunteer Expert on the forum, he's not paid to answer questions by Comcast, so keep it courteous. From an identity and security perspective, it's not meant ignore or not answer the OP's question, rather cover the dependency from an account access perspective.

The only people on the account who are able to make changes to the service are the account holder, anyone who has been authorized, or a manager role on the account. It's a dependency before we talk to you about services on someone else's account to prevent unauthorized access to changes that the financially responsible individual is on the hook for. 

To directly answer your question, you can speak to a Care representative over chat or by phone, or even better in a retail store and they'll be happy to look at options for you that don't require bundles. There are always internet-only options, nobody is forced into packages. If they have a X-year agreement, then it must be fulfilled per the contract. If they aren't in a package or bundle and/or it's unavailable online, it can be done via the representatives.