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NOW Internet Review: Is It Really Better Than 5G Home Internet?
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Oct 29, 2024
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this is one of the cheapest internet
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options available right now but is it
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any good now internet is Xfinity's
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answer to fastrowing 5G home internet
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services and today I put it to the test
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here's everything I'm going to cover in
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visit Michael saves deals.com I know
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this may be the first time you're
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hearing about now internet so give me
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about 30 seconds I'm going to cover five
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things that you need to know first now
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internet is a prepaid cable internet
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service it's backed by exfinity there
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are two no contract plans with two speed
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tiers the service starts at $30 a month
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at recording time Wi-Fi equipment that's
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included no extra charge and you get
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unlimited data no data caps there are
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also no installation fees because you
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set it up yourself I placed my order for
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now internet online just took a few
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minutes the equipment it arrived the
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very next day I'm testing the cheapest
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plan it's $30 a month for 100 megabits
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per second at recording time and that's
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exactly what I paid no extra charge for
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shipping you can pay with a credit card
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or a debit card autopay is turned on
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automatically but you can turn autopay
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off to pause your service from the
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Xfinity app and since this is a prepaid
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service no credit check so far so good
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now let me show you what happened during
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the unboxing and the setup process first
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the unboxing and now internet customers
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are going to receive a refurbished
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xinity Gateway that's your modem router
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combo the one I got is an ays model
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number
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tg682 P here's a quick look at the back
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you can see there are multiple ethernet
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and USB ports the box also includes a
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coax cable power cord and this QR code
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you scan that with your phone and it'll
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help with the setup process so let me
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show you how that went first I scanned
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the QR code downloaded the Xfinity app
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and signed in with the password that I
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created when I signed up that took me
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here and I selected activate my device
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next the app had me scan a second QR
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code the one printed on the side of the
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Gateway after that I jotted down my
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Wi-Fi name and password saved that for
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later and then I found the nearest cable
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outlet in my house I started here on the
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floor of this corner but I ended up
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installing the service in my office
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because the app suggested keeping the
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Gateway a few feet off the ground so now
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look at this I've got a whole collection
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of gateways on my desk I'll share a
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speed test comparison coming up next I
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connected the coax and power cables to
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the gateway then plugged it into the
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wall and after less than 5 minutes the
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lights on the front of the Gateway began
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blinking and then turned solid that's
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good news I was ready to go after a few
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more prompts and a little more waiting
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the final step was to connect my devices
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and I started with my iPhone entering
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the username and the password from the
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back of the Gateway it took me a little
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while but I connected all my devices to
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now internet to put this service to the
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test phones computers t s smart devices
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everything connected here's a video that
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I recorded immediately after activating
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the service you can see the download
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speed more than 100 megabits per second
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and that is the adverti speed for this
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plan I did look up the Broadband facts
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though and I found this interesting
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according to now the typical download
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speeds are always higher than 100
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megabits per second right in the
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ballpark of what my first test showed
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now you might think a 100 or two 200
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megabits per second service is too slow
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but this is not dialup it is high-speed
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internet and for a lot of singles
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couples and small families these speeds
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are adequate here I've got four devices
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connected to now internet at the same
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time one TV two computers One smartphone
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I played a YouTube video from Xfinity's
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channel on the devices at the same time
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no buffering and when I repeated this
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test with three devices just the TV and
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the computers and then use the phone to
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run a speed test it showed a download
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speed over 100 megabits per second and
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that was with the other three devices in
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use streaming the video of course if you
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live in a larger household or you just
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have a ton of devices connected at the
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same time you're going to want a faster
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plan one more thing I want to drop in
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while we're talking about speeds is that
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when you get now internet you can always
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upgrade or downgrade your plan you can
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do that right from the app so if you
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don't know which plan to choose start
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with the cheapest one you can always
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upgrade later let's keep it moving I've
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got a lot more to show you let's run a
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speed test for each of the three
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services that I'm testing right now
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first now internet the download speed
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once again it's over 100 megabits per
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second 118 but what I really noticed
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here was the low ping 18 great for
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gaming the upload speed is pretty low
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around 12 megabits per second but cable
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internet is not known for great upload
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speeds you really want fiber for that
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you'll get equal upload and download
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I'll show you Verizon 5G home internet
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next and the download speed came in at
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more than 300 megabits per second about
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triple now speeds that's why I like this
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server so much the upload speed double
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around 20 megabits per second here the
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Ping was higher but still pretty good
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and I've noticed that the Ping can be
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pretty inconsistent with the 5G Services
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here is T-Mobile 5G home internet now
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Verizon service does perform better at
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my house and this speed test reflects
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that the download speed was less than
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100 megabits per second around 85 but
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the upload speed the best of all three
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around 25 megabits per second I'll
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remember that for my next Youtube upload
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the Ping here also not bad just below 40
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anything under 50 I consider to be
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pretty good for the latency the Gateway
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is sitting right in front of me in this
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office a pretty central location but I
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wanted to see the coverage in other
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areas of the house I started taking it
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outside still 118 megabits per second
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same thing in my living room Ditto in
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the kitchen and also the guest bedroom I
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had to go into the shower the furthest
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point from the gateway to record a lower
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download speed so overall pretty
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consistent coverage in a 1500 s ft home
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it's been about 5 years since I've had
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Xfinity as my internet provider and this
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now service it's working out pretty much
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how I expected it to most people that I
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talk to do not have a problem with their
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performance with Xfinity it's the
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pricing now internet is more affordable
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than Xfinity and you don't have to pay
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extra for unlimited data or equipment
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it's already included so let's talk
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about who should consider now internet
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first any price sensitive customers who
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aren't able to qualify for incom
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restricted programs like Xfinity
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Internet Essentials second people who
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don't need the fastest speeds singles
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couples small families and this includes
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some current Xfinity customers you are
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able to cancel Xfinity and then switch
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to now and third people who don't have
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5G home internet options or people
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who've tried it and don't like it there
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are a couple other services that you can
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stack on top of now internet a phone
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plan and streaming bundles they're
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pretty good deals but I would start with
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the internet plan first make sure that
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you like it and if now internet doesn't
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work out for you you can turn off
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autopay from the Xfinity app so your
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service doesn't renew and you don't even
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have to return the equipment check the
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description box below I've got more
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it's free and available on Michael saves
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deals.com thanks for watching
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