No. If you are leasing the Xumo box, STOP now. You can buy those things for what it costs to lease for a year or less. The last I checked was Best buy $60, so that is a year leasing. Tell them you either want to buy it or you're going to turn it back in. You do not have to have a zumo box to use SPECTRUM. My advice is streaming only don't go for all of that broadcasting cable paying for channels nobody uses, the fees are outrageous, use Roku, Xumo or both. I'm a retired Telecom executive and one piece of advice I can give you is this, it depends on what department you're talking to, because if you're talking to somebody in sales they're going to say whatever they've got to say to get a sale through. Through and believe me I've been through everything with Spectrum and I even had to call the FCC. I got what I wanted and I got what I needed. It's Time for consumers to learn the game and play right back at them! I have Xfinity at my new address. No choice. Eventually there will be a better choice when it comes to fiber and streaming, the problem is that's going to bring more competition which you would think would bring down the prices but so far I've seen them go up. I will say so far my experience with Xfinity cannot compare with the good experiences I've had with Spectrum. But you have to know the name of the game, When they tell you the more you bundle, the more you save, come back with: "no the less you spend, the less you bundle, the more you save!" Eventually their cable competition will come to fruition, just like the days days of the baby bells and AT&T long distance... Yep I was there!
