Comcast launches month-to-month internet, mobile and streaming TV products

Comcast has introduced what it is calling “NOW,” new “low-cost Internet, mobile and streaming TV products” that can be bought as a month-to-month service, according to the company.

“NOW Internet is a prepaid service that provides more reliability than fixed wireless options for a better price,” the company said in a statement. “NOW Mobile is a new prepaid service that includes unlimited 5G data combined with access to more than 23 million WiFi hotspots…”

“Consumers have told us they want low-cost, easy-to-use connectivity and entertainment options that deliver the same reliability and consistency of our leading Xfinity services,” said Dave Watson, president and CEO of Connectivity and Platforms, Comcast, in the statement. “With NOW, we’ve developed a new product construct from the ground up to be simple and easy for anybody who wants Internet, mobile or TV on their own terms without sacrificing quality. It rounds out our product offering to provide something for every consumer segment of the market and plays to our strengths in superior network capabilities, WiFi and streaming.”

The options will include, according to Comcast:

• 100 Mbps for $30/month, or 200 Mbps for $45/month. Each tier includes unlimited data and an Xfinity gateway;
• NOW Mobile will provide unlimited 5G data, talk and text for $25/line and connect to more than 23 million Xfinity hotspots
• NOW TV is a streaming offering for Xfinity Internet customers that includes live and on-demand programming from 40+ networks, more than two dozen integrated FAST channels, and Peacock Premium, all for $20/month;
• NOW WiFi Pass gives customers unlimited access to more than 23 million Xfinity WiFi hotspots for $20 for 30 days;
• A new option for Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Customers (April is the last full month of the Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP, if it does not receive additional funding.)
• NOW Internet and Mobile will provide customers enrolled in ACP with another option for affordable, reliable connectivity – supplementing Comcast’s longstanding low-income broadband adoption options Internet Essentials and Internet Essentials Plus, and Xfinity’s current suite of offerings.

Comcast said initial customer trials for NOW Internet and Mobile have begun in Hartford-New Haven, Houston, and Miami, “with a full-scale national launch across all Comcast service areas expected in the coming weeks.”