Xfinity Prepaid Internet (NOW) 2026: Price & Verdict

Xfinity's prepaid internet product is NOW Internet: two flat-rate tiers at $30/month and $45/month — taxes and fees included, autopay and paperless billing required — with no credit checks, no annual contract, unlimited data, and a refurbished Xfinity gateway included, at service speeds up to 200 Mbps down / 10 Mbps up on the top tier.^[1][2] Verdict up front: NOW is worth it if a credit check, a deposit, or a 12-month commitment is the obstacle between you and getting online — and a bad deal if you qualify for standard Xfinity, where $50.00/month buys a full gigabit (live-verified June 9, 2026).

What is Xfinity NOW / prepaid internet?

NOW is Comcast's prepaid sub-brand. You pay before the month starts, service runs on the same Comcast cable network as regular Xfinity, and when the prepaid period ends, service stops unless you pay again — no bill, no collections, no surprise.

The structural differences from standard Xfinity, not the marketing ones:

• No credit checks — stated outright (twice) on the official NOW page.^[1] The whole point for many buyers: standard postpaid internet runs a credit check; prepaid doesn't need one because you can't owe them anything.
• No contract and no promo math. "No annual contracts" is official, and there's "one monthly price" — the price you pay in month one is the price in month twenty.^[1] Standard Xfinity's advertised rates are promos that reset higher later.
• Equipment included — a refurbished Xfinity gateway ships as part of the price (self-installation and activation required), versus a rental fee or buy-your-own on standard plans.^[1]
• Simplified tiers. NOW sells exactly two tiers — $30/month and $45/month — not the four-plan-plus-addons standard menu.^[2]

Price, speeds, and what's included

Verified against Xfinity's official NOW page and Comcast's launch release (both accessed June 9, 2026):^[1][2]

• Entry tier: $30/month flat — "one monthly price," taxes and fees included
• Top tier: $45/month flat, same terms; service speeds cap at up to 200 Mbps down / 10 Mbps up. The per-tier split — $30 buys 100 Mbps, $45 buys 200 Mbps — still holds as of June 10, 2026, re-confirmed against current third-party plan listings and Xfinity's own in-account "Switch to 200 Mbps" (NOW200) upgrade flow^[2]
• Included: refurbished WiFi gateway, unlimited data, access on Comcast's network footprint
• Payment mechanics: online only, via credit, debit, or prepaid card; autopay and paperless billing required; you can pause and resume service anytime
• Know before you buy: Xfinity's 30-day money-back guarantee does not apply to NOW service, and availability is footprint-limited ("not available in all areas")
• Not included: speed beyond the tier cap — there is no gigabit prepaid option; if you need speed, prepaid isn't the product

What we can verify live today on the other side of the comparison: standard Xfinity at $40.00/month for 300 Mbps, $45.00 for 500 Mbps, $50.00 for 1 Gig, and $100.00 for 2 Gig (Konecteaze live listings, June 9, 2026).

Prepaid vs regular Xfinity: the core tradeoff

	NOW / prepaid	Xfinity 300 Mbps	Xfinity 1 Gig	T-Mobile 5G Home
Price	$30 or $45/mo flat, taxes in	$40.00/mo (live 6/9/26)	$50.00/mo (live 6/9/26)	$50–$70/mo w/AutoPay[3]
Speed	100 Mbps ($30) or 200/10 Mbps ($45)	300/20 Mbps	1,000/100 Mbps	varies by address
Contract	none	month-to-month available	month-to-month available	none
Credit check	none (officially stated)	yes	yes	yes — credit approval required[4]
Equipment	refurbished gateway included	own modem or $15/mo gateway rental[5]	own modem or $15/mo gateway rental[5]	gateway included
Price after 12 months	unchanged	regular rate after the 1-yr price guarantee (5-yr lock available)[5]	regular rate after the 1-yr price guarantee (5-yr lock available)[5]	unchanged (5-yr price guarantee)
Data cap	unlimited	unlimited on current plans; 1.2 TB cap on some legacy plans[5]	unlimited on current plans; 1.2 TB cap on some legacy plans[5]	none

Read the table closely and the pattern is clear: standard Xfinity wins on speed-per-dollar; NOW wins on every term that isn't speed-per-dollar. A $50 gigabit plan is five to ten times the speed of prepaid for similar money — but it comes with a credit check, an equipment decision, and a promo clock.

Who prepaid Xfinity is right for

• No or thin credit history — students, new arrivals, anyone post-bankruptcy. "No credit checks" is official NOW policy, which means no denial — you simply pay the month up front by card.^[1]
• Renters and short-stayers — a 6-month lease doesn't fit a promo cycle. Prepaid ends when you stop paying, and the official terms let you pause and resume service anytime. One honest caveat: Xfinity's 30-day money-back guarantee does not apply to NOW, so a paid month is a paid month.^[1]
• Budget certainty above all — the bill cannot surprise you, because there is no bill, and taxes and fees are already inside the $30/$45. For households burned by month-13 price jumps, that's worth a real premium.
• Backup or seasonal service — the official pause/resume mechanic exists for exactly this: pay for the months you need, skip the ones you don't.

Who should skip it

If you can pass a credit check and plan to stay put a year or more, the speed-per-dollar reality is brutal: standard Xfinity's $50.00 1 Gig plan delivers several times prepaid's speed for comparable money — see this month's full promo rundown in our Xfinity deals hub. Heavy households — 4K streams, gaming, multiple WFH setups — will feel the 200 Mbps ceiling. Prepaid is a terms product, not a performance product.

How to sign up and what you need

1. Confirm NOW serves your address — it runs on the Comcast footprint and is not available in all areas; check Xfinity availability first.
2. Order online with a payment method — no credit checks (official NOW policy); payments are online-only via credit, debit, or prepaid card, with autopay and paperless billing required.^[1]
3. Self-install the included gateway — the official flow requires self-installation and activation of the refurbished gateway: coax in, power on, activate in the app.^[1]
4. Re-up monthly — autopay keeps it seamless; because the product is prepaid there is no bill and no late fee, and the official terms let you pause and resume service anytime.^[1]

The 12-month math: prepaid vs the promo plan

Run the only comparison that matters — total cost of ownership over a year, using what we can verify today:

• Xfinity 1 Gig: $50.00 × 12 = $600 for year one, plus equipment ($0 with your own modem; $15/month gateway rental otherwise) and taxes/fees on top. Year two jumps to the regular rate unless you negotiate or picked a multi-year price-guarantee plan.^[5] Requires passing a credit check.
• NOW prepaid: $30 × 12 = $360, or $45 × 12 = $540 — equipment, taxes, and fees included, no credit check, identical price in year two.^[1][2]

The crossover logic with real numbers: the $30 NOW tier undercuts even the cheapest standard promo ($40/300 Mbps) on sticker price — you're trading speed, not paying extra, for the prepaid terms. The $45 tier costs the same neighborhood as standard 500 Mbps promo pricing with a fraction of the speed — but NOW starts winning the moment you'd be hit with a post-promo increase, a gateway rental, a deposit, or a denial. Prepaid's real price advantage isn't month one; it's month thirteen, and it's the months a postpaid provider would have charged you to exist (deposits, late fees, reconnection fees — all structurally impossible on prepaid).

That's also the right way to read every "prepaid is a ripoff" take: it's true for the customer who was always going to pass the credit check and renegotiate at month 12, and false for everyone else.

Alternatives: other no-contract options

Prepaid Xfinity isn't the only way to dodge contracts and credit anxiety:

Option	Price (verified 6/9/26)	Terms
T-Mobile Home Internet	$50/mo Rely · $60 Amplified · $70 All-In, w/AutoPay[3]	Unlimited data, no annual contract, gateway included, 5-yr price guarantee; credit approval required[4]
Verizon 5G Home	$50.00/mo	No annual contract on most options; flat-style pricing
Spectrum (standard, no annual contract)	from $30.00/mo	Postpaid, but no contract and no ETF

T-Mobile and Verizon's 5G home products are genuinely contract-free and equipment-included — they're the closest competitors to NOW's pitch, usually with more speed for the money where coverage is strong. Two fine-print notes from T-Mobile's official pages: the AutoPay discount requires a bank account or debit card, and the entry Rely plan is speed-capped at 354 Mbps for new subscribers.^[3] Unlike NOW, both carriers run credit checks — T-Mobile's terms say "credit approval required," and Verizon checks credit with a deposit alternative.^[4] Head-to-heads: T-Mobile vs Xfinity and Verizon vs Xfinity. For the full landscape — including who actually skips the credit check — see our best prepaid and no-contract internet roundup.

Availability by city

NOW Internet follows the Comcast cable footprint. Check plans at your address in major Xfinity metros:

• Chicago, IL internet providers
• Houston, TX internet providers
• Fort Collins, CO internet providers

FAQ

How much is Xfinity internet? Standard plans: $40.00–$100.00/month on Konecteaze's live listings (June 9, 2026). NOW prepaid: $30/month and $45/month flat, taxes and fees included, gateway included.^[1][2]

Is Comcast and Xfinity the same? Yes — Xfinity is Comcast's consumer brand, and NOW is Comcast's prepaid sub-brand. Same company, same network.

How much does internet cost per month? Entry plans from major providers run $30–$55/month as of June 2026; prepaid trades some speed-per-dollar for flat pricing and no credit check.

Is Xfinity down? NOW rides the same network as Xfinity — check the app's outage map; if Xfinity is down at your address, so is NOW.

How much is T-Mobile home internet? $50 (Rely), $60 (Amplified), or $70 (All-In) per month with AutoPay, per T-Mobile's official plan pages — no caps, no annual contract, 5-year price guarantee.^[3] Check your address on our T-Mobile page.

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NOW Internet pricing and terms verified June 9, 2026 against Xfinity's official NOW product page and Comcast's launch release; standard-plan pricing verified the same day against Konecteaze's live Xfinity listings. We compare total monthly cost including equipment. Read our full methodology.

Written by Pablo Mendoza, Founder & Lead Broadband Analyst at KonectEaze.

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Sources

1. Xfinity NOW Internet — official product page, https://www.xfinity.com/now/internet (accessed 2026-06-09). Source for: "Starting at $30/mo.," "One monthly price," "Taxes and fees included," "speeds up to 200 Mbps/10 Mbps," "No credit checks" (stated twice), "No annual contracts," "Requires self-installation and activation of refurbished gateway," online-only payment via credit/debit/prepaid card with autopay and paperless billing required, "Pause and resume your service anytime," 30-day money-back guarantee does not apply, "Not available in all areas." ↩
2. Comcast press release, "Comcast Launches NOW — Low-Cost Internet, Mobile and TV," 2024-04-17, https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-launches-now-low-cost-internet-mobile-and-tv (accessed 2026-06-09). Source for the two-tier lineup: 100 Mbps for $30/mo and 200 Mbps for $45/mo, each with unlimited data and an Xfinity gateway. The 100 Mbps/$30 and 200 Mbps/$45 split was re-confirmed June 10, 2026 against CableTV.com's current NOW listing (updated June 2, 2026) and Xfinity's in-account "Switch to 200 Mbps" (NOW200) upgrade flow. ↩
3. T-Mobile Home Internet — official pages, https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet and https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/plans (accessed 2026-06-09). Rely $50/mo, Amplified $60/mo, All-In $70/mo with AutoPay (bank account or debit card required); unlimited data; no annual contract; gateway included at $0/mo; 5-year price guarantee on base internet rate; Rely typical speeds 170–354 Mbps (354 Mbps cap for new subscribers). ↩
4. T-Mobile Home Internet eligibility terms, https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/eligibility (accessed 2026-06-09): "Credit approval required." Verizon: https://www.verizon.com/solutions-and-services/credit-check/ (accessed 2026-06-09) — credit check at signup with a deposit alternative. ↩
5. Standard-Xfinity terms cross-checked June 10, 2026: xFi Gateway rental $15/mo (ConnectCalifornia, updated January 2026); current Xfinity plans include unlimited data while some legacy plans carry a 1.2 TB cap, and plans are sold with 1-year or 5-year price guarantees that revert to the regular rate when the window ends (BroadbandNow Xfinity deals, June 2026; Xfinity 5-Year Price Guarantee). ↩