Customers of other ISPs can also cut their modem rental fee. And the setup and switch was simple enough for anyone to do. Any of the following combos will pay for themselves in year 1 or 2, and then would be free for life after. I have personally replaced my Comcast Xfinity modem with my own modem + router. When you use your own modem/router, Comcast is not able to use it as a hotspot automatically. It’s been estimated that over 90% of Comcast customers lease their modem, which is a costly mistake (currently $15/month or $180/year for their standard “xFi” gateway, or $25/month or $300/year for “xFi Complete”). There are a few ways to get rid of your Comcast Xfinity modem rental fee, but my best recommendation is to simply replace a leased Comcast modem with your own. However, it still leaves you with an overpriced modem rental fee and a device that uses more electricity than a typical modem/router combo. The Best Way to Turn Off Comcast’s Public Wi-Fi Hotspot: Get Rid of your Leased Modemĭisabling the Comcast Xfinity public Wi-Fi hotspot feature is one way to prevent your modem from being used as a hotspot. I mean, why not offer to wipe out customers leased modem fees (or at least provide a discount) if they opt in to using the modem as a public Wi-Fi hotspot? On top of that, it’s been estimated that there is an incremental cost of electricity for using their 2 antenna modems, even if nobody is connecting to your modem other than you.įurthermore, they are doing it without your permission by automatically opting you in via their terms of service (there is a way to opt-out your modem from Comcast public Wi-Fi hotspot use, which I’ll detail in a bit). At any given moment a limited amount of bandwidth can go through your device, after all. One of the big downsides of this is that it could be slowing down your overall speed. Not only are you paying at least an outrageous $15 per month ($180 per year) with the latest Xfinity modem rental fee increase on top of your overpriced internet package to lease their modem, but Comcast is then using that very same modem that you are being overcharged for to provide Xfinity hotspot Wi-Fi service to other Xfinity customers as a perk (they even used to offer “On Demand” plans to anyone for a price, but now solely offer Xfinity hotspots to subscribers).
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