Comcast Xfinity 2026 Price Increases
Comcast Xfinity 2026 price increase hits at a tough time. As we move into the new year, millions of Americans are learning their Comcast Xfinity bill has jumped by $10, $25, or even $40 a month without any change to their service.
If you’re tired of the annual “cable fee” hike, it’s time to understand how you’re being misled and how to stop the bleeding forever. Stop wasting your time calling Xfinity and take control back!
- Download the 2026 Xfinity Price List. (customer sign-in required)
- See the top 6 ways to avoid Comcast Xfinity price increases.
- See our review of Xfinity’s new 2026 “all in” TV plans.
- Watch our Video – how to save money on Xfinity price increase.
- See the best new Internet service provider options to drop Xfinity!
Annual Bait & Switch: Decoding Your Comcast Xfinity Bill
Xfinity often lures customers in with “promotional” rates that look affordable on paper. However, these rates are designed to explode. By 2026, many of the 2024 and 2025 contracts have expired, leaving customers with “sticker shock.”
The Hidden Fees: Broadcast TV & Regional Sports Fees
The most misleading part of your bill isn’t the base package—it’s the junk fees. Comcast continues to hike the Broadcast TV & Regional Sports Fees, often claiming these are “out of their control.”
Don’t be fooled. These aren’t federal government taxes; they are price increases disguised as line items. In 2026, these fees alone can account for over $50-$60 of your monthly bill. You are essentially paying a massive premium to watch local channels that are available for free over the air with a high-quality antenna.
The “Forever Tax” of Equipment Rental Fees
Another major drain on your finances is the Equipment Rental Fees. Most Xfinity customers are paying $10 to $30 per month just to “rent” a modem or cable boxes that the company paid for years ago. Over a few years, you’ve paid for that hardware five times over. It’s a “forever tax” that offers zero ROI for the consumer.
Why “All-In” TV Plans Are a Shell Game
Xfinity has recently pushed “All-In” TV plans, marketed as a way to simplify your bill. In reality, my industry experience shows this is often a way to bake those high fees into a single number so you stop noticing how much they increase each year. It’s a psychological tactic to reduce “bill pain” while keeping your costs at record highs. Especially when you are busy and your bill is on auto pay-out of sight out of mind.
See our review of Xfinity’s new 2026 “all in” TV plans.
Why do TV prices go up every year?
TV prices start with the TV content providers (broadcasters like CBS, FOX, Disney (including ABC, ESPN), NBCUniversal, etc.). And Pay TV providers (ex. Comcast Xfinity, DirecTV, Dish, Hulu Live, YouTube TV, etc.) pay to distribute that content in the form of re-transmission fees (aka broadcast & regional sports fees).
Content providers’ expenses rise as professional athletes’ salaries keep going up, actor fees and production costs of shows and movies keep going up. And other operational expenses keep going up too. Bottom line: these expenses are passed directly to the consumer’s TV prices via fees. The Xfinity 2026 monthly price for the Broadcast TV Fee increased to $40+ in the Denver Metro area. That is just 1 fee of many. Its now estimated that 40% of your Cable TV bill is fees.
Why Cable TV prices will keep rising
In short, Cable TV prices are never going back down, they will continue to exponentially increase like they have been for decades. Ongoing Cable TV price increases can be simplified into a math problem.
- TV content prices continue to rise, this is nothing new, its been happening for decades.
- 7 million people per year are Cutting The Cord and cancelling Cable or Satellite. This is new in the last 3-5 years and it’s getting worse year over year.
- Comcast Xfinity, DirecTV and Dish have a lot less subscribers in 2026 to pay for all of these ongoing TV content price increases – they have no choice but to increase prices for remaining customers. Sadly they do this with misinformation, bait and switch pricing and using sneaky fees, a long with channel blackouts. THIS WILL GET WORSE!
DirecTV has increased prices 2x in the last few months!?!
Which TV channels are most expensive?
Local Networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX), RSNs, Cable Sports & Cable News (in this order) continue to be the most expensive channels. Repeatedly, disputes on the cost of these broadcast (aka re-transmission) fees result in permanent or temporary channel blackouts.
Live TV Streaming Services with locals will raise prices too
Some think that Live TV Streaming options like YouTube TV, Hulu Live, DirecTV Stream are the answer to save money. They are not. Any Live TV streaming service that has local channels is going to be more expensive, since local networks are the most expensive channels…
The FCC gives you local network TV for Free!
IMPORTANT: The FCC sponsored program and the Communications Act, protects consumers so that all major local network channels remain free via an Antenna. In the Metro Denver area, 80+ local network channels are 100% free forever with a properly installed and configured whole home HD Antenna! StreamWise Solutions understands this, which is why we offer solutions that focus on maximum freedom, flexibility and savings.
Break Free with StreamWise Solutions
You don’t have to play this game anymore. At StreamWise Solutions, we use our 29 years of expertise to help you cancel Comcast Xfinity and move to a setup you actually own.
By integrating a whole-home HD antenna with the right streaming services and your own Wi-Fi hardware, we help the average family save $1,500 every year. Stop paying for Comcast Xfinity 2026 price increases and start investing in yourself. Why waste your time and sanity calling Xfinity, they will never change.
