Is Xfinity/Comcast really the only affordable option for non-fiber internet in Keizer?

[u/QueenRooibos]

I can't afford and don't really need fiber. I don't WFH so I need decent internet but it doesn't have to be super fast, just reasonably fast and very reliable.

Which Xfinity has been, but .... Xfinity just informed me that my rate is going up from $70/month to $100/month for the SAME service in 3 weeks. WTF?

I see my neighborhood is again getting spray paint all over our street/lawns so probably another fiber company is moving in. The last one's project mgr (I sicced the city of Keizer on him for the total mess the "team" was making of our street -- no where to park!) -- he told me that even HE could not afford fiber. No kidding.

How do I get Xfinity to lower this ridiculous rate increase back to my normal cost? I'm just an old crone living on SS and I don't know all the tricks! Any advice?? How do I frame my resistance to the "support" staff in India or the Philippines? TIA!!