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First thing I did when I signed up for Xfinity was purchase my own cable modem. Cost under $50, ROI was less than a year at the $5 monthly equipment fee. But the Peace of Mind of not having to worry about public traffic on the device is priceless.

Additionally, I feel keeping the cable modem / router separate is important because my internal network traffic is none of my ISP's business.

They give you unlimited data way cheaper if you have their modem though. I just check every so often to make sure the SSID is off.

It's $25 for Xfi Complete vs $30 for BYOD unlimited. It's not really way cheaper.

$30 + (the cost of the modem) though.

I’ve noticed this as well - the hotspot just pops back on, even after I’ve disabled it.

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I used my own cable modem with Xfinity for this very reason.

The more annoying part is if your cell service is with Xfinity Mobile - their sim makes your iPhone automatically join Xfinity public hotspots, and there seems to be no way to turn it permanently of. It comes back on periodically.

The performance on these hotspots is terrible.