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Xfinity Voice Review

Find out how you can get landline service through Xfinity

Xfinity
Price $40.00/mo.*

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  • No contracts
  • Unlimited nationwide calling

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Data effective 10/11/24. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.

The best Xfinity Voice plans

Xfinity provides a digital landline phone with unlimited long-distance calling for $40 per month. The service also bundles with Xfinity’s other services.

Voice Premier includes free unlimited long-distance calls anywhere in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, India, China, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea. Long-distance service is not available to cell phones in some of these countries, so this plan could be a lifesaver for those with family or friends overseas.

Xfinity Voice plans

PlanPriceUnlimited nationwide callingInternational calling
Xfinity Voice Premier$40.00/mo.*YesPlans available

How good is Xfinity Voice?

Take a look at some of the pros and cons you get with Xfinity Voice:

Pros

  • No contracts
  • Unlimited nationwide calling

Cons

  • Needs backup battery during outages
  • Xfinity Internet requirement

Xfinity Voice overview

Xfinity Voice is a landline phone service with unlimited long distance calling within the U.S. and select countries. It’s good for people who frequently call friends and family across the country, or for folks who like having a landline with better call clarity than cellphone service.

Xfinity home phone service is affordably priced at $20 per month.

Xfinity Voice technology

Xfinity home phone lines don’t run through traditional phone lines wired into most homes. Instead, Xfinity home phone service is delivered via the internet. This type of landline phone service, called VoIP (or Voice over Internet Protocol) offers a clear connection and dependable service.

If you’re not sure if you want to be tied down to the house every time you make a call, no worries. VoIP landline phone service can go anywhere with you, through an app. You can download the Xfinity Connect app on a smartphone or other device and call and text as much as you want.

Required equipment

The Xfinity Wireless Gateway is a modem/router combo. You’ll need to rent it for $13 per month or buy an Xfinity-compatible modem/router combo.

We recommend buying your own if you’ll be staying with Xfinity for a while because the cost of renting adds up quickly.  If you rent an Xfinity Wireless Gateway for two years, you’ll pay $312. In five years, you’ll pay $780.

You can buy your own modem/router combo for $75 to $250 and save a bundle. Just make sure it’s an Xfinity approved modem/router combo before you buy anything.

Features and benefits

An Xfinity home phone plan (called Voice Unlimited) includes 12 calling features, including voicemail, caller ID, blocking, and more.

With the Xfinity Connect app, you can place and receive calls from anywhere with your internet-connected smartphone, tablet, or cordless phone. Service includes unlimited talk and text with the Xfinity Connect app.

International plans

Do you have loved ones in other countries? Calling them from a typical cellphone plan can be really expensive. You can add one of the International Carefree Minutes plans and enjoy 300 minutes per month of international phone calls to select countries for $9.95 per month. Additional minutes will be billed at a discounted long-distance rate.

Carefree Minutes® World Select 300 ($9.95/mo.) includes 82 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Australia, Latin America, and more. It gives you 300 minutes per month to any of these countries included with the plan. Minutes don’t roll over, so use them or lose them.

Carefree Minutes® Latin America 300 ($9.95/mo.) is designed for people calling South and Central America. It includes long distance calling to 17 countries, including seven Latin American countries that aren’t included in the Carefree Minutes World Select 300.

For a list of the countries included in each plan, see the Xfinity international calling page.

My verdict on Xfinity Voice home phone service

If you have friends and family living across the country or internationally, getting an Xfinity landline phone plan (Xfinity Voice) can save you a lot on long-distance calls.

We recommend Xfinity Voice Unlimited to people who frequently call one of the eight countries included in the plan (Mexico, Puerto Rico, China, Canada, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Singapore). We also like that it gives you good rates on calling other countries through its customized international add-on plans.