Comcast introduces a five-year price guarantee for its Xfinity broadband

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Subscribers don't have to sign a contract, get service at four speed tiers, and enjoy a year of free cellular.

In a first for nationwide customers of Philadelphia-based Comcast, its Xfinity broadband Internet service is now available with a five-year price guarantee starting at $55 a month.No annual contract is required, so there’s no obligation and customers can cancel anytime.Those who forgo the price guarantee can pay as little as $40 a month going in, but they are vulnerable to price hikes in the years that follow.

Regardless, those who sign up get a free year of Xfinity Mobile cellular service.Broadband service tiers extend to $70, $85 and $105 a month with downloads topping 1.3 gigabits per second.



Xfinity is one of the Twin Cities metro’s largest Internet providers and has been expanding outstate at a rapid clip.Quantum Fiber, a top competitor, offers a price for life guarantee that covers basic Internet fees in perpetuity but might charge for equipment and other ancillary fees.Related ArticlesOpenAI picks labor icon Dolores Huerta and other philanthropy advisers as it moves toward for-profitSpotify says it’s back after an hourslong outage disrupts thousands of usersUS moves ahead on tariffs with investigations into computer chips, pharmaceuticalsConfusion reigns after Trump exempts electronics from new tariff regime.

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