After perusing my recent email tonight1 I discovered that Comcast finally has some new internet offers that we're eligible to switch to. They're also offering some kind of free Roku box competitor they call Flex that has built in 4K support2, but if it doesn't offer Disney+, Hulu, or Plex I don't think it would be worth the hassle.
We've been paying about $66 a month for 85Mbps3 for almost six or seven years now. The new bundles offer a variety of different options that include bundling with some level of basic cable or special one year deals. I was talking to my thirteen-year-old son about how I shop for these things and his eyes immediately gravitated to the big 200+ Mbps options. I was trying to explain my mindset about the right combination of price and performance, but I don't think he fully got it.
At this point I think it's really down to two choices for me. Take the one year offer for 100Mbps for $45 a month (a $20 monthly savings) bumping up to $55 after a year or go with the 200Mbps for $55 a month for one year and then $70 a month from then on. The latter option would give us a nice speed bump at our current rate, but the cheaper option is still an improvement while saving money. I don't think we're really in any danger of maxing out our current connection so I'm leaning towards the cheaper option, but I think I'll let it percolate in my brain for a while and run it by Mary. The thing is even if we go with the cheaper option now we'll always be able to update it down the road as necessary so I think I'm already pretty convinced.
A task I typically neglect for days at a time because it's mostly offers rather than actual correspondence from people that I care about.
Not relevant to us as our 1080p television is still serving us well and I'm highly skeptical about the ability of anyone in my family to actually appreciate the difference when viewing from a normal distance. In fact we regularly watch ripped 480p dvd movies son that TV and nobody notices or cares.
Officially 75Mbps, but 85Mbps when I tested it toady.