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To follow-up on this, I have been with Xfinity for over 10 years (every house I move to make sure Xfinity is there).  As a result of this continual increase of cost (I purchased Gigabit + Unlimited Data because I pretty much had to considering I am in the "1% users needing this")...I am switching to MetroNet in my area which is 100% fiber and for Gigabit Internet cost 79.95 a month (with 250 mbps upload instead of 40 mbps) and includes Unlimited Data (they do not charge for data).   The price alone is saving me money compared to what I am being charged with Xfinity.  I am sticking with Xfinity Home Security but turning everything else off.   Will monitor this in the future but right now I can't justify Xfinity.   EDIT:   I forgot to mention some of you may mention well that is "new customer" pricing and what happens after a year?  Even after a year the cost is cheaper than what Xfinity is charging me (after I already negotiated with Xfinity too). ... View more

  +1, Flash is dead (Google CHrome deprecreated it)  Microsoft Edge has it turned off (or at least the autorun portion) as of 1703 by default.   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4014193/features-that-are-removed-or-deprecated-in-windows-10-creators-update ... View more

Today, Comcast lumps the Gigabit plan and lower services in the 1TB data cap.  The only exception is Gigabit Pro is allowed the unlimited data without any additional charge.   Let's look at the Gigabit plan a little bit more....   Xfinity mentions the Gigabit plan is "...good for unlimited devices." (https://www.xfinity.com/learn/offers?lob=internet)  Hmm. well I am sure it is good for unlimited devices and if you are willing to pay even more when you go above the 1TB cap...   For those thinking, just as Comcast mentions, "A TERABYTE IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DATA. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A TERABYTE?" (https://dataplan.xfinity.com/), well it may be a massive amount of data but for those with unlimited devices, or even a few devices, it can be consumed very easily.   For example, let's say you have a gamer in your house that leverages an Xbox One X, for example, Comcast mentions the average gamer can "Play better. Play more. A terabyte of data is enough to power 12,000 hours of online gaming in a month. There are 730 hours in a typical month." (https://dataplan.xfinity.com/).  While I am sure their research shows this, this fails to count for the type of gaming usage.  For example, Microsoft offers Games for Gold, multiple "free" games a month for an Xbox owner and they offer Xbox Game Pass allowing access to a huge library of games as part of the pass.  Whenever one of these games are accessed and needed to be played, you have to download the game, assuming it is not on the device. Games can range from MB to 10's of GBs depending on the game for the download.  If the game is 4K it is even more.  Also, don't forget about when a Game update is released which has the same type of range mentioned...now you have to account for this...Very quickly you can see that the usage can be maxed out very quickly from just one Xbox.  Now let's say you have two gamers in your household (I do), multiple this times two now....Also this will only get worse as Microsoft, again as an example, is working on a game streaming service, newly announced at E3 (https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/10/17446628/microsoft-xbox-game-streaming-cloud-service-next-xbox-teaser-e3-2018).  Speculating, this again, could use even more usage...   I didn't even mention if your household utilizes the following services: Spotify, Plex, Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, etc....   I didn't even mention if you have Windows, MacOS, and/or Linux devices....   Recommendation: Xfinity/Comcast should increase the data cap amount for Gigabit plan holders. Perhaps to even 2TB per month? If a customer is paying for this increased service to support a multitiude of devices, dare I say "unlimited devices", then the customer should actually be able to use multiple of these devices and services as advertised by Comcast without the worry of exceeding the smaller cap and paying even more for the same service every month....(or paying for the $50 a month unlimited plan to use the same service I already am paying more for, for the higher speeds and more devices).   EDIT:   An additional concern is as Xfinity services grow in the "Internet Cloud", Xfinity is counting the data being used on the Internet plan to support these services which then goes towards the customer's minimal 1TB plan....so Xfinity Home Cameras, for example, are more expensive than just the monthly fee for the 24x7 recording plan for each camera...see this post for details on this: https://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Devices-and-Equipment/Cameras-and-Additional-Data-Usage-Frustrations/m-p/3126823   ADDITIONAL EDIT:   Looking at a couple of your competitors as another data point...   AT&T Internet 1000 plans (1 gigabit download speeds) get unlimited data (https://www.att.com/support/internet/usage.html)   Spectrum "As an Internet customer, there is no limit to the amount of data you can upload or download." (http://support.brighthouse.com/Article/Unlimited-Internet-Data-Usage-6942/) ... View more

I find it frustrating that Comcast - Xfinity Home counts your cameras sending data back to Comcast (aka recording) against your data usage quota...here is why...   In their 24x7 camera recording FAQ page they mention the following: How much bandwidth does a Camera with 24/7 Video Recording enabled use? Due to the technology implemented, each Camera with 24/7 Video Recording typically uses less than 50 GB per month depending on the amount of activity captured. Source: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/24-7-video-recording-faqs   This is 50 GB estimate per month, per camera.  So if a customer were to max out the subscription and pay $40 per month with 4 cameras recording, the customer would be only able to leverage 824GB (1 TB = 1024 GB - 200 GB ) of data each month.  For customers already close to maxing their data usage, this basically would set the customer over the limit causing the customer to have to pay $50 / month for unlimited data or pay the overage charge.  So this is great for getting even more money from their customers for the same level of service.   Recommendation: Comcast should not count data towards your data limit for Xfinity Home.  Xfinity Home Network goes through a seperated network and therefore when analyzing data usage Xfinity should see this and be able to ignore this.   As an example of Xfinity not counting other products/services towards your data usage, take a look at the Roku - Xfinity Stream beta app... Does streaming using the Xfinity Stream app on a Partner Device count against my Internet data usage? No. The goal of using the app on your Partner Device is to give you more options outside of our rented TV Boxes to access your full TV service within your home. The service delivered through the Xfinity Stream app is not an Internet service, so our data usage plans don't apply.   Source: https:// xfinity.com/xfinitytvbeta   ... View more

To provide an update My speed kept dropping and not staying connected using this box in bridge mode I got rid of the box and switched to a netgear cm1000 which is supported my xfinity for gigabit From there told xfinity home to come out and put in a special router (basically a modified wireless netgear router that vpns into the home infrastructure) that allows for xfinity home to work Working great ever since... ... View more

Similar on the X1 boxes where you can enable them to turne to HD channels automatically, can you add this to Roku? For example on the x1 boxes with this enabled when I browse for a channel between 1-999 (standard def) if there is an associated HD channel it will then auto switch to the Hd channels This works for watching tv and recordings Thank you! ... View more

Still working great, no reboots needed on the modem!   My router is: R9000 - Netgear Nighthawk X10   I dont believe Netgear supports Jumbo Frames, let me know if I am wrong. I am contaxcting their support to verify too.   Also running into similar situations now that this user ran into - basically not able to maximize my maximum bandwidth (first world problems here) - but this is outside the scope of this discussion :) https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Nighthawk-X10-R9000-currently-does-not-properly-support-1Gbps/m-p/1301908 ... View more

Ok so after 24 hours no reboot needed so far.  Will keep an eye on this and respond back in a few days with any additional information   Configuration Version x.x.208 Bridge Mode - On MoCA - Turn Off   Rest of configuration I left default (although I did turn the Firewall up to Medium but it doesnt matter with Bridge Mode enabled) ... View more

That is a fair statement   So for the past two days I have had to reboot the gateway once each day.   I have now turned off MoCA and will see if the stability issues continue to occur. ... View more

I have had to power cycle once a day because of the instability after being in bridge. My MoCA is on   After today's reboot I have 2.0.2.208 now too   My router is Netgear R9000  (Nighthawk X10) -- being plugged in with gigabit i get very close to 900 mbps.  Wi-Fi varies and can get around 400 mbps or so.  So any speeds more than a gigabit will be unnessary on my connection at least for now.   Anyways will let you know if the instability continues to occur and if so will turn off MoCA to see if this resolves it. ... View more

Heres a screenshot of the curent software versions   ... View more

When you call in to Comcast to have them activate Bridge mode (and it opens the spot so you cna enable/disable)...   Please note on firmware:  2.0.2.206 it is still unstable.  Occassionally it just disconnects and the router sees it has if the ethernet cable is not plugged in.   If you power cycle the modem everything resolves.  Seems to happen every 8 hours or so. ... View more

Ok, runing the same update as the previous user and I called the Tech and had them remotely connect and enable Bridge mode.  The option can now be turned on and off via the GUI (10.0.0.1) after the tech made the changes.   So far so good! ... View more

This is all great info!  Just got the XB6 (Xfinity's fancy modem name) installed today.  Looking at the same firmware as the most recent post and as mentioned ther eis no bridge option.   I will call them up to put it in bridge mode manually (dont see any options in the iOS app either) ... View more

Similar to the X1 Platform where you can search for channels/content by typing in letters that the numbers coincide with...can you implement this on the Roku App?   So in the part where you enter a specific channel, you could display a keyboard with letters as an option to search for channels/content ... View more

Dont agree with the hefty fees comment as Comcas tis working with Roku ) as mentioned earlier in this thread) and Samsung Smart TV.   I think Amazon will get there and other devices (iPhones/iPads and other Android devices have this already)   just need to get Comcast to focus on this as they see more and more users wanting this     The reason I dont agree with the heft fees is summarized in this article (Note this article mentions Roku but they left out Samsung Smart TV initative too)  Comcast gets their money from the Video fee service.  The equipment they dont make that much on.  They would rather get peep on x amount a month on the Video service (not caring about the device they use to access this as they make pure profit off the monthly video service).  But dont get me wrong thet will still cater too the equipment market too for the traditional TV service.   http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/comcast-is-about-to-sell-you-cable-tv-without-the-cable-box/ar-AAmsTf9?ocid=spartanntp   http://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/comcast-launches-xfinity-tv-partner-program-samsung-first-tv-partner-to-join   I think Amazon will get there just need time and user community votes :) ... View more

Any news on official support for the Amazon Fire TV?   It has plenty of beefy specs for this and just needs devleoper support from Comcast.  The app is on the Amazon store for all Android devices except for Fire TV / Fire Stick     Any updates?     ... View more

I have one too at home and requested this of Comcast as well   Currently you cannot change codes remotely, you will have to use the manual methods as mentioned in the instructions of the kwikset.   However, you can remotely unlock/lock the door.  You can even use triggers too for this...for instance, when I arm my system I have a trigger to lock the front door :)   I hope they get the ability to manage codes too :)  Then hopefully audit the codes/usage of codes through web portal :) ... View more