Starting Sunday, Cable companies can increase your main charge or institute some other new fee that doesn't fall under this exact stipulation.
so... pretty decent on their part.
Return their modem, get a receipt, double check the serial number on the receipt matches the equipment you returned, and save that receipt. You may need it if you ever move or drop Comcast in the future.
i'll get back to you in 5-10 years to let you know how it goes, but i'm not very concerned.
I think I heard about that in a story posted probably the malicious compliance reddit group, and am NOT a lawyer...
1. This law does not affect Comcast, because Comcast does not charge you any rental or extra fees for using your own modem. Switch from a Comcast modem to your own, and your internet bill comes down exactly by what had been the cost of your Comcast rental.
2. Comcast generally raises costs every year or so, almost always at this time of year.
While it doesn't effect Comcast directly, it does change perceptions and forces in the market. That is, the market can now bear, and Comcast is taking advantage of that. Or so it seems.
I'd be interested to know if others in SV (or elsewhere) have seen effective prices (not just nominal rack rates) increasing.
For the record, I don't love Comcast and have even written blog posts about how much I dislike them. But in terms of pricing, I've had an OK experience over a long period of time.
I pay £28 ($35 ish) for 150Mbps symmetric. (In practice it's up to 220, never less than the 150 nominal.)
Before that I paid £18 ($22 ish) for 30/1.5 (30Mbps down is probably ok for me, I upgraded primarily for the up, but 30 symmetric not offered).
My point was that my prices are going down and my speeds are going up, which was not the experience of the commenter I was responding to.