The new Post Paid tiers make a lot more sense than those that preceded. As a Prepaid customer, one of my takeaways from all of this is that with the new unlimited data for all tiers, the Now/Prepaid just doesn’t have as much value as it once did. This is especially true if you have mid-split, and FDX makes Prepaid nearly obsolete. In areas still on sub-split (still seems to be a majority of the country), Prepaid still has it’s virtues. I always said that if Comcast did away with the BS caps I’d reconsider going back to Post Paid, so I took a look. My available low-end plans:
100/20 (Prepaid, $30/m)
200/20 (Prepaid, $45/m) <-what we have currently
300/35 ($40/m 1year, $55/m 5y, $80/m rack)
I am one of those who would never give my bank account info to a cable company, so my lowest Post Paid tier would be $50/m for 1y or $65/m for 5y. The extra 100Mbps down and 15 up just isn’t incentive enough for me to switch, since our Prepaid tests at 240/24Mbps and is more than enough for everything we do. And then there’s the hassle of when the promo expires, yeah no. If we ever get mid-split and if fiber isn’t here yet, I’ll revisit. I do think this is a step in the right direction, but for those still in sub-split the Prepaid pricing and performance is still relevant.
