Houston, Texas · Electricity · Internet · Mobile · Appliances
Four household categories, each ranked on its own — never blended together. Every ranking weighs how durable the provider or product is (60%) against what it typically costs (40%), using published figures only. Electricity, internet and mobile are each ranked twice: once for light use, once for heavy use, because the best plan at low usage is often the wrong plan at high usage.
Last reweighted: October 28, 2026. Each entry's place blends its durability standing (60%) with its published cost measured against its category pool (40%): cheaper than the pool average lifts an entry, pricier pulls it down. Entries with no published price this week receive a neutral cost score, so their places rest mostly on durability.
The published rates and typical prices describe standard offers — they are not a quote, and your bill will differ with your address, usage and credit. Deals and coupons expire and change; that section is refreshed weekly with the rankings.
The WattFacts median across all published Houston plans at 1,000 kWh/month (13.8¢ at 500 kWh, 12.8¢ at 2,000 kWh). The wires and grid are CenterPoint Energy for everyone in Houston — you choose the retailer, not the poles. CenterPoint delivery runs about $4.90/month plus 6.53¢/kWh and is already inside every published rate on this page.
Durability is defined separately in each category — years in market and parent stability for electricity, network type and published speed-consistency for internet and mobile, and published first-year service rates for appliances.
Durability counts 60% — scored 0–100 from years operating in the Texas market, parent-company stability, and published service standing (Texas Electricity Ratings scores, BBB ratings, and the Texas PUC provider scorecard where published). Cost counts 40% — the effective ¢/kWh of each provider's mainstream 12-month fixed plan at the lens usage, read from its published rate tiers (PowerToChoose listings, provider Electricity Facts Labels, and published rate trackers). Rates include CenterPoint delivery charges.
The bill-credit warning: many Houston plans advertise a low rate that only exists because a bill credit (typically $100–$125) lands once you cross 1,000 kWh in a month. Below that line you pay the un-credited rate — often near 20¢. That is why the light and heavy rankings below look so different. Pulse Power is excluded this week: its plan listing was empty and it filed to relinquish its retail certificate in April 2026 after selling its Texas customer book to NRG — it is not ranked on a market it is leaving.
A small apartment or a careful household. Pool average of ranked plans at this usage: 18.9¢/kWh. At 500 kWh, bill credits below 1,000 kWh never fire — the base rate is the whole story.
The flat-rate refuge. The only ranked plan with no bill credit and no credit check that published rates at both lens usages — and the flattest price curve in the pool (14.7¢ / 14.2¢ / 14.0¢ across 500/1,000/2,000 kWh). What you see is the whole price.Durability 88 / 100TER 4.3 / 5BBB A+
The durability leader, fairly priced small. The largest independent retail power supplier in the US, with a Fortune 200 parent. Its $35 bill credit only lands at 1,000 kWh, so a 500 kWh household pays close to base rate — still second-cheapest in this lens.Durability 90 / 100TER 4.8 / 5PUC scorecard 4 / 5
The steady incumbent. Over a million Texas customers and a plain, credit-free plan: the published rate already includes its $9.95/month base charge. No games at any usage — and no rewards either.Durability 82 / 100PUC complaint score 4 / 5
Ranked on durability alone this week. Only a 1,000 kWh figure (18.3¢) was published for its comparable 12-month plan — the 500 kWh tier was not published, so this lens gives it a neutral cost score and lets its long Texas record carry the place.Durability 83 / 100
A heavy-use plan at a light-use price. Its headline rate depends on a $125 bill credit that requires 1,000+ kWh in the month. At 500 kWh the credit never fires and the published rate is 20.3¢ — near the top of the pool.Durability 85 / 100TER 4.1 / 5
Strong where published, silent here. Its 1,000 kWh figure (7.0–7.1¢ with its $125 credit in play) was among the pool's best — but no consistent 500 kWh tier was published this week, so this lens rests on durability, where a weak PUC scorecard mark (2/5) holds it back.Durability 74 / 100TER 4.8 / 5PUC scorecard 2 / 5
Same cliff as Gexa, thinner record. The $125 credit also starts at 1,000 kWh, so small users pay the full 20.3¢. A 2/5 PUC scorecard mark is the weakest published standing among the priced plans.Durability 76 / 100PUC scorecard 2 / 5
The pool's youngest company. Well-reviewed by customers (Google 4.8) but with the shortest track record here, and the same $125-credit structure that leaves a 500 kWh household paying 20.2¢.Durability 70 / 100Google 4.8
Great brand, wrong plan for a small home. Texas's largest retail customer base and strong published standing — but its ranked plan is built around a $100 credit that starts at 1,000 kWh. Read from TXU's own Electricity Facts Label, the 500 kWh rate is the pool's worst.Durability 84 / 100PUC scorecard 4 / 5
A large house, heavy air-conditioning, or a home that simply uses a lot. Pool average of ranked plans at this usage: 14.0¢/kWh. Here the bill credits are all in play, and the order flips.
Built for exactly this household. The $35 credit at 1,000 kWh grows by another $15 at 2,000 kWh, producing the pool's best heavy-use effective rate from its most durable retailer. First in this lens on both halves of the method.Durability 90 / 100TER 4.8 / 5PUC scorecard 4 / 5
The credit finally pays. At 2,000 kWh the $125 credit is fully in play and the effective rate drops from 20.3¢ to 13.3¢ — the steepest honest improvement in the pool, backed by NextEra, the largest US energy company by market value.Durability 85 / 100TER 4.1 / 5
No games, still near the top. No credit to chase and nothing to lose if a cool month drops your usage — the flattest published curve in Texas retail (14.0¢ at 2,000 kWh) holds third against plans engineered for this exact usage.Durability 88 / 100TER 4.3 / 5BBB A+
Gexa's price without Gexa's record. The identical 13.3¢ effective rate at this usage — the $125 credit does the same work — but the younger brand and a 2/5 PUC scorecard place it fourth on durability.Durability 76 / 100PUC scorecard 2 / 5
Durability-only again. The 2,000 kWh tier of its comparable plan was not published this week either, so it holds the middle of this lens on its record alone: NRG-owned, in Texas homes since 1997.Durability 83 / 100
Durability-only. Its published strength sits at 1,000 kWh (7.0–7.1¢); no 2,000 kWh tier was consistently published this week. Houston-based since 2004, with strong review scores offset by a 2/5 PUC scorecard mark.Durability 74 / 100TER 4.8 / 5PUC scorecard 2 / 5
Flat cuts both ways. The same honest plan that placed third for light use offers big users nothing extra — no credit at any tier — so its 15.0¢ lands above this lens's average. (Reliant's credit plan, Power Savings 12, advertised 12.9¢ at 1,000 kWh but did not publish its tier rates, so it could not be ranked.)Durability 82 / 100PUC complaint score 4 / 5
Even with the credit, last on price. The $100 credit and summer extras are all in play at 2,000 kWh, and the published effective rate is still the pool's highest. Brand strength (PUC 4/5, Texas's largest base) keeps it off the bottom of the blend — barely.Durability 84 / 100PUC scorecard 4 / 5
Middle price, thinnest record. Its $125 credit produces a middling 14.0¢ at this usage, and the pool's shortest operating history puts it last in the heavy lens despite likeable customer reviews.Durability 70 / 100Google 4.8
Durability counts 60% — scored 0–100 from network type (fiber outranks cable, cable outranks 5G fixed wireless, and a reseller with no network of its own ranks last) plus published reliability and speed-consistency standing, led by Ookla's Speedtest Connectivity Scores for the first half of 2026. Cost counts 40% — the published monthly price of the tier in each lens. Availability warning: internet is sold address-by-address. Spectrum serves only pockets of the Houston metro and is flagged as an exception wherever it appears; every other price here is a published Houston-area offer that still needs an address check.
The tier a typical household actually buys: roughly 100–500 Mbps class. Pool average: $45.00/month.
First place with an asterisk the size of Houston. The cheapest published basic tier in the pool — but Spectrum's Houston footprint is pockets, not a market. If your address is in one, this is the value pick; most addresses cannot get it at all.Durability 76 / 100Ookla Connectivity 76.92
Real fiber, fine-print price. Ookla's report names Frontier the fastest provider in nine US cities, and 500 Mbps of fiber at this price is strong. The catch: the $44.99 figure is Frontier's “as low as” — the price shown before bundle and mobile discounts was $54.99, so your checkout price depends on discounts. Frontier also now lists a Fiber 200 tier at $29.99/mo (Allconnect, Oct 2026) below this ranked 500 tier — the Light lens keeps the 500 tier it has ranked all along rather than silently swapping tiers mid-cycle.Durability 88 / 100Fastest in 9 cities — Ookla
The durability pick. Ookla's #1 US fixed network in the first half of 2026 — the highest Connectivity Score (82.90) and 95.2% speed consistency. You pay above the pool average for the strongest published network in America.Durability 95 / 100Ookla Connectivity 82.90Consistency 95.2%
Cable with a contract-grade promise. Not fiber, and its Ookla score (78.24) trails AT&T's — but the published five-year price guarantee is the longest price lock in the pool, and in Houston's cable footprint it is the default wired option.Durability 78 / 100Ookla Connectivity 78.24
No wires, real trade-offs. The fastest 5G home internet in Ookla's second-quarter 2026 testing (222.72 Mbps median download), with typical speeds of 170–354 Mbps — but a wireless last mile cannot match wired consistency, and the price only shines with a T-Mobile voice line ($35).Durability 68 / 100Fastest FWA — Ookla Q2 2026
A reseller with no published standing of its own. EarthLink sells access over other carriers' fiber; no published reliability standing for it was found, and the published speed at this price is the pool's lowest. Its own site suggests faster service may be offered at the same price at some addresses — check before judging your own quote. Current listings also split on this tier's price — $39.95 in FCC-label roundups against the $49.95 North Houston listing used here — so treat the figure as contested.Durability 55 / 100No published reliability standing found
Each provider's fastest mainstream tier. Pool average: $68.32/month. Note the honest exception: T-Mobile's top home tier is still wireless, not a wired gigabit product.
Gigabit fiber at the pool's second-lowest price. Same “as low as” caveat as the basic tier ($74.99 shown before discounts) — but even the shown price sits mid-pool, and the discounted price wins the lens.Durability 88 / 100Fastest in 9 cities — Ookla
The cheapest gigabit published — where it exists. Cable rather than fiber, so it trails Frontier and AT&T on durability, but $60 for a gigabit-class tier is the pool's lowest heavy price. Availability remains the whole question.Durability 76 / 100Ookla Connectivity 76.92
The strongest network, mid-pool promo price. The durability leader's gigabit tier is promo-priced at the pool's middle; know that the list price ($90) waits at the end of the promo year.Durability 95 / 100Ookla Connectivity 82.90Consistency 95.2%
Same price as AT&T's promo, held for five years. The five-year guarantee means Xfinity's $70 is still $70 when AT&T's promo expires — the durability gap to fiber is what keeps it fourth.Durability 78 / 100Ookla Connectivity 78.24
Priced like gigabit, performs like fast wireless. Typical speeds of 170–498 Mbps are genuinely good for fixed wireless — and genuinely not a gigabit-class wired product. Ranked here because it is T-Mobile's top home tier; judged accordingly.Durability 68 / 100Fastest FWA — Ookla Q2 2026
The pool's highest gigabit price from its thinnest record. A resold fiber product can perform fine in practice — but on published evidence, EarthLink charges the most and documents the least.Durability 55 / 100No published reliability standing found
Durability counts 60% — scored 0–100 from the network the plan actually runs on, using published 2026 standings: Ookla's first-half 2026 Connectivity Scores (T-Mobile 80.12, Verizon 74.12, AT&T 72.82), RootMetrics' overall scores (Verizon 98.4, AT&T 98.3, T-Mobile 97.3), and Opensignal's reliability marks (T-Mobile 942, AT&T 939, Verizon 932) — plus carrier longevity. No single study crowns one network: Ookla and Opensignal favor T-Mobile's speed and reliability experience, RootMetrics favors Verizon and AT&T on overall and coverage measures. Value brands (MVNOs) inherit their host network's standing, adjusted for deprioritization and missing premium access. Cost counts 40% — the published single-line monthly price. Taxes and fees are included or extra exactly as each source states, and every card says which.
Budget, prepaid and value-brand territory. Each card names the plan priced and its data. Pool average: $25.00/month.
The cheapest published lean line in the pool — and the only one that lets you pick your network. Each line rides Warp (Verizon), Dark Star (AT&T) or Light Speed (T-Mobile), and can switch. Taxes included in the price.Durability 84 / 1003 host networks
T-Mobile's network at the pool's second-lowest price — with a prepay catch. The $15 rate is the 12-month term paid upfront; shorter renewals cost more (3-month renewal $25). The good news buried in the fine print: the new-customer intro price equals the 12-month price.Durability 76 / 100T-Mobile network
The strongest network in the pool at a budget price — priority traded away. Unlimited data, deprioritized behind Verizon's own customers, hotspot capped at 5 Mbps. Flat price with taxes and fees included, no games.Durability 88 / 100Verizon networkRootMetrics overall 98.4 (host)
Built for light users and priced honestly. The $25 tier includes a $5 AutoPay/e-bill discount; 2026 guides report new activations run on AT&T (older accounts may still be on T-Mobile). A 1 GB tier exists at $20 for the very lightest use.Durability 78 / 100AT&T network
Solid network, mid-pack price. AT&T's own value brand includes taxes in its pricing — the $30 lean tier simply costs $5–20 more than the pool's leaner deals for a similar job.Durability 82 / 100AT&T network
Pay-per-gig only wins if you use almost none. $20 for talk and text, then $10 per GB — priced here at 1 GB of data. Data charges cap at $60 (“Bill Protection”), so the ceiling is $80 before taxes and fees, which are extra.Durability 74 / 100T-Mobile network
Its leanest mainstream tier is really an unlimited plan — priced like one. Taxes and fees are included and a five-year price guarantee applies, but at $40 the “light” lens has cheaper honest options. (Its $25 BYOD switch offer lives in Deals below.)Durability 80 / 100T-Mobile network
Each carrier's premium unlimited tier, plus the two strongest value-brand unlimited tiers. Pool average: $74.80/month.
The pool's value shock. Unlimited premium data with Ultra Wideband access, 15 Mbps hotspot and smartwatch service included — on RootMetrics' top-scoring network — at half the carrier price, taxes included. (The mid Visible+ tier is $35.)Durability 84 / 100Verizon network
Priority data on whichever network serves you best. Unlimited priority data, unlimited hotspot on the AT&T (Dark Star) option, taxes baked into the price — and annual billing undercuts everyone at $32.50/month.Durability 82 / 1003 host networks
The carriers' value seat. Premium 2.0 (which replaced Unlimited Premium in March 2026) carries unlimited premium data and 100 GB of hotspot; a higher Elite 2.0 tier sits above it at $110. RootMetrics gave AT&T five national awards in the first half of 2026, including a share of reliability.Durability 88 / 100RootMetrics 98.3Opensignal reliability 939
The durability leader, priced like it. RootMetrics' top overall score (98.4) and Ookla's best published coverage score — and the second-highest price in the pool. Some trackers still list $90; the $95 figure is the October 2026 reading from three sources.Durability 92 / 100RootMetrics 98.4Best coverage — Ookla
The fastest published network at the pool's highest price. Ookla's #1 Connectivity Score and Opensignal's top reliability mark — but note the break from T-Mobile tradition: the Experience plans are now quoted before taxes and fees, like everyone else.Durability 90 / 100Ookla Connectivity 80.12Opensignal reliability 942
Each appliance type is ranked separately, with the same method: durability counts 60% — from published reliability evidence, led by Yale Appliance's first-year service rates (units serviced in year one per units sold; lower is better), converted to a 0–100 durability score (100 − 3 × service rate). Where the published evidence is a ranking instead of a rate — J.D. Power segment results, Consumer Reports brand reliability standings — durability is scored by standing, leader first. Cost counts 40% — the published street price of a representative model at a major retailer; where no representative price was published this week, the entry takes a neutral cost score. Yale's rates cover the brands Yale sells in the Boston area; budget brands it does not sell simply have no published rate, and this page says so instead of guessing.
1. Non-gas only. Every pick on this page is electric — no gas ranges, no gas dryers, no gas water heaters, ever, however popular they are.
2. Simplicity first. The simplest architecture wins ties and gets called out: top-freezer refrigerators over French-door and through-door-ice designs, mechanical or simple controls over smart touch panels. Simple builds have fewer parts to break and cheaper repairs — and the published data backs the instinct: J.D. Power found connected appliances averaged 87 problems per 100 versus 63 for non-connected ones. Winners built simply carry a “Simple build” mark. Where the most durable published pick is a complex model, it still ranks by the method — and its complexity is flagged honestly.
The simplest fridge architecture there is: freezer on top, no through-door ice, no French doors. J.D. Power's 2025 study ranked this segment; Yale publishes no top-freezer service table. (For contrast, Yale's French-door rates — the complex design this page de-prioritizes — ran 10.1% to 18.2%.)
Second in durability, first in the blend. J.D. Power's #2 in the top-mount segment, at $250 less than the segment winner — the 60/40 method rewards the simpler, cheaper box. Simple buildDurability 82 / 100J.D. Power segment #2
The durability pick. Fewest problems in its segment in J.D. Power's 2025 study (51 problems per 100, best in class). It costs more than the Frigidaire — the blend puts it second; the service record puts it first. If budget is secondary, start here. Simple buildDurability 88 / 100J.D. Power segment #1 · 51 PP100
Yale's 2026 washer study covers 33,190 service calls. One honest note before the ranking: the single best published washer rate anywhere belongs to a front-loader — LG's front-load line at 2.7%. The top-load ranking below follows the simplicity rule (no door seals, no mold-prone gasket, simpler drivetrain).
The lowest published top-load rate. Yale's 2026 study page gives GE Profile the top-load lead at 3.4% — in Yale's own words, the lowest top-load service rate of any brand it sells. No verified representative street price was published this week, so it takes first on durability with a neutral cost score.Durability 90 / 100Yale service rate 3.4% — type best
Second-best rate, and the only ranked price in the type. Yale's study page puts LG's top-load rate at 3.9% — a secondary Yale comparison page still carries a 3.2% figure, and this page follows the study page itself — which lowers LG's durability score to 88 and its place to second. Its front-load sibling (2.7%) still leads all washers.Durability 88 / 100Yale service rate 3.9%
The simplicity pick. Mechanical controls, no touchscreen, no Wi-Fi — and the lowest brand-wide washer rate Yale publishes (3.7% across its line). Yale's own words: among the most reliable laundry brands money can buy. Its ranked-model rate (4.6%) trails the two leaders, which is the only reason it sits third. Simple buildDurability 86 / 100Yale service rate 4.6%Brand rate 3.7% — pool best
The value line gives back the edge. At 7.1%, GE's basic top-loaders need first-year service at more than double the Profile line's rate — a clean example of why this page reads the model line, not just the badge.Durability 79 / 100Yale service rate 7.1%
The budget pick — reliability not published. Yale doesn't sell Amana, so no first-year service rate exists for it in the published data, and it is shown unranked rather than scored on a guess. What is published: the simplest controls in the aisle at the pool's lowest price. Simple buildDurability not published
Yale's summary names a clear category leader for full-size electric dryers but does not publish the full brand table — so this type ranks one, and honestly notes the rest.
The lowest published full-size dryer rate — 2.3%. Mechanical-era controls and commercial-grade construction, priced like it. The durability pick by a wide published margin; the price is the only argument against it. Simple buildDurability 93 / 100Yale service rate 2.3% — category best
Budget pick — reliability not published. No Yale rate exists for Amana dryers in the published data. The published facts are the price and the simplicity: basic controls, nothing smart to break. Simple buildDurability not published
Priced, not rated. A mainstream published price from Lowe's fall sale — but no published first-year service rate for this line this week, so it is noted, not ranked.Durability not published
Radiant (smoothtop/coil) ranges ranked — the simplest electric cooking architecture. Yale's own tables make the simplicity case: basic models beat their featured siblings across every brand below. Induction is the one complex technology with strong published numbers, noted honestly under the ranking.
The simplicity rule, proven by the manufacturer's own lineup. GE's basic radiant line (5.2% first-year service) beats GE Profile (8.5%) and GE's premium Café brand (11.9%) — fewer features, fewer failures — and it carries the only verified representative price in the type. Simple buildDurability 84 / 100Yale service rate 5.2%
The best published radiant rate in the pool. At 3.6%, LG's radiant ranges need first-year service least often — it ranks second only because no verified representative street price was published this week. (LG also leads induction ranges at 4.6%, around $1,849 on sale — the complex option with honest numbers.)Durability 89 / 100Yale service rate 3.6% — type best
The upgrade tax, measured. Same manufacturer as the #1 pick, more features, and a first-year service rate 3.3 points worse (8.5%). The features may be worth it to you — the reliability cost is now on the table.Durability 74 / 100Yale service rate 8.5%
Premium badge, pool-worst published rate. At 11.9%, Café's radiant ranges needed first-year service more than twice as often as GE's basic line. Complexity flagged honestly, per this category's law — beauty is not durability.Durability 64 / 100Yale service rate 11.9%
Cooktop note (separate from the range ranking): the best published cooktop rate anywhere is Bosch's induction cooktop line at 1.9%. If your kitchen separates cooktop and oven, that is the durability headline.
Yale's 2026 dishwasher study covers more than 7,000 units. Category average first-year service rate: 8.8%.
Mid-pack reliability at a mid-pack price wins the blend. An 8.2% service rate beats the category average, and the published sale price undercuts both premium rivals — neither the most durable nor the cheapest, and first anyway. That's the 60/40 method working as designed.Durability 75 / 100Yale service rate 8.2%
The service-tech favorite's mainstream line. A 7.8% rate (its Benchmark line: 7.7%) at a published price just under the type average. The balanced pick if KitchenAid's styling or racks don't suit your kitchen.Durability 77 / 100Yale service rate 7.8%
Just above the category average rate. 8.9% against an 8.8% average — unremarkable in both directions, with no verified representative price published this week.Durability 73 / 100Yale service rate 8.9%
Strong in laundry, weak here. An 11.6% first-year service rate is the worst among the mainstream brands Yale publishes for dishwashers. Brand loyalty should be bought per category, not per logo.Durability 65 / 100Yale service rate 11.6%
The durability pick — priced like it. The best published dishwasher rate in the pool (5.6%) by a clear margin. The blend parks it fifth purely on price: if your budget treats a dishwasher as a 15-year appliance, this is your #1 and the ranking's math is the only thing between you.Durability 83 / 100Yale service rate 5.6% — type best
Cheapest published dishwasher price found — no Yale rate for the line this week. Shown unranked rather than scored on a guess; Yale's table this year did not publish a Frigidaire dishwasher rate.Durability not published
Microwave reliability data is thinner than for major appliances: Consumer Reports publishes brand-level predicted reliability, and Yale names a leading brand without a microwave-only rate. Durability here is scored by published standing.
Consumer Reports' top countertop brand, cycle after cycle. Inverter cooking, no smart panel to fail, and the only verified representative price in the type. Simple buildDurability 86 / 100CR top countertop brand
Top predicted reliability alongside Panasonic in Consumer Reports' countertop standings. No verified representative price was published this week, so it holds second on standing alone.Durability 84 / 100CR top countertop brand
The published over-the-range leader in Consumer Reports' standings — ranked here for shoppers whose kitchen needs an OTR unit. Countertop shoppers should stay with the top two.Durability 80 / 100CR top over-the-range brand
Yale's most reliable microwave-selling brand — with an honest caveat: its published 7.5% rate covers all Sharp appliances Yale sells, not microwaves alone, so it is scored by standing rather than by that number.Durability 78 / 100Yale brand rate 7.5% (all appliances)
Consumer Reports predicted-reliability standings: Sebo and Soniclean lead uprights; Sebo and Miele lead canisters.
Top of both published standings. The only brand Consumer Reports places at the top for uprights and canisters alike. No verified representative street price was published this week.Durability 92 / 100CR most reliable — upright & canister
Co-leader for canisters, premium-priced. The published C3 price is the type's high end — the blend keeps it second behind Sebo's double win.Durability 90 / 100CR most reliable — canister
Co-leader for uprights in Consumer Reports' predicted reliability, without Sebo's or Miele's price tier. No verified representative price published this week.Durability 86 / 100CR most reliable — upright
Consumer Reports gives high reliability marks to four brands; ranked by standing, with the only verified list price shown.
Top published standing with a verifiable price. High Consumer Reports reliability marks and a mainstream list price — the only purifier here with both halves of the method published.Durability 88 / 100CR high reliability marks
High reliability marks in Consumer Reports' standings; no verified representative price published this week.Durability 86 / 100CR high reliability marks
High reliability marks in Consumer Reports' standings; no verified representative price published this week.Durability 82 / 100CR high reliability marks
High reliability marks in Consumer Reports' standings; no verified representative price published this week.Durability 80 / 100CR high reliability marks
Honest gap: no published brand reliability ranking for fans exists in the sources checked — Consumer Reports rates fan performance, not reliability — so this page will not invent a ranking. The top published performer found was the Minka-Aire Light Wave 52″ ceiling fan ($399, performance-rated, not reliability-rated). The simplicity rule still applies when you shop: fewer electronics and a standard pull-chain or wall control mean fewer failure points than app-driven smart fans.
Published offers only — every entry names its source, and every entry shows its end date exactly as published. Where a source publishes no end date, the entry says “No end date published” rather than leaving you guessing. Deals expire and change without notice; the weekly refresh removes expired entries and replaces them with current ones.
Smart Break 12 plan: a $100 bill credit once your usage reaches 1,000 kWh in the month. The credit structure ranked on this page — read the bill-credit warning before chasing it.
Eco Saver Plus 12: $125 bill credit at 1,000+ kWh in the month, 100% renewable plan.
300 Mbps at $45/mo or 1 Gig at $70/mo with the published five-year price guarantee; gig tiers have also included Peacock Premium and a free mobile line for a year.
“2 Months On Us” on 1 Gig and faster; Visa reward cards of $50 (1 Gig), $100 (2 Gig) or $200 (5 Gig) on Frontier's Houston page.
New online orders: a $100 reward card with Fiber 1 Gig or $200 with Fiber 5 Gig; redemption required and service must be kept 90 days. (The previous reward-card offer ended October 19 — this is a newly published one.)
Up to a $200 prepaid Mastercard plus one month free, with a five-year price guarantee and a 15-day test drive.
One Unlimited Mobile line included for one year for internet customers. Reminder: Spectrum serves Houston pockets only.
Intro pricing with a published 24-month price lock on fiber plans.
Port in and use code 5OFF5 on a monthly Visible+ ($35→$30) or Visible+ Pro ($45→$40) plan: $5 off monthly for five years. Visible also publishes a 15-day free trial, no credit card.
$75 upfront covers the first 6 months of the base Visible plan for new members who bring their own phone.
$100 in bill credits with a qualifying iPhone activation, plus a free Multi-Network Add-On for existing lines.
One unlimited 5G line at $25/mo with AutoPay (bring your own phone, five-year price guarantee, taxes included) — and $15/mo for the first 3 months for BYOD port-ins, then $25/mo (Cord Cutters News, Oct 27) — or a free Samsung Galaxy A37 (a $450+ value) on the $40/mo plan.
New account with at least three voice lines on Essentials, Experience More or Experience Beyond: the third line is free via monthly bill credits (one free line per account).
$300 off immediately plus $799 through 24 monthly credits, plus a $10/mo service credit for 24 months, on Unlimited Premium with activation terms.
With a new line on Unlimited Ultimate, over 36 months; activation waived per the listing.
Switch offer published in AT&T's own plan FAQ; phone trade-in offers up to $1,200 off run alongside it on qualifying unlimited plans.
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With 5x digital coupons (limit 5 per transaction): Red Baron Pizza $2.99, Lay's Potato or Kettle Chips $1.99, Campbell's Chunky or Protein Soup $1.49, Simple Truth Cage Free Eggs 18 ct $3.99, Tide detergent or pods $3.99, Kroger Ice Cream 48 oz $1.99. Doritos and Tostitos chips are buy 2, get 2 FREE with card.
A new digital coupon drops daily through Halloween.
New weekly cycle: avocados 73¢ each, Russet Potatoes 5 lb $2.47, and Halloween candy with up to $3 back in Walmart Cash.
Hundreds of grocery Rollbacks (examples published: 7UP Cherry 12-pack $6, Gala Apples 3 lb $2.18). Rollbacks can end at any time.
The $4 Usuals rotation continues October 27 – November 2.
$0.99 any-size Premium Roast or Iced Coffee; 40% off a Double Cheeseburger or 6-piece McNuggets, in the app. Monopoly runs alongside.
$4 breakfast, $5 McChicken meal and $6 McDouble meal deals.
Rewards offer with purchase, code FOXBIGNOON.
Through the Wendy's app.
Happy Hour offer with code BOGO50.
Two or more Mix & Match items at $6.99 each; Perfect Combo $19.99; carryout one-topping pizza $7.99.
$3 Big Ranch Wrap, $4 Whatachick'n Bites, $5 Bacon & Cheese Whataburger Jr.
A new Rewards-member deal drops daily through Halloween in the app and on the site — October 21's is two Snackers for $4.
Show up in costume on October 31, 3 p.m. to close, and scan your Rewards membership at the register: a $6 entrée. Announced October 21. Plus a $0 delivery fee on digital orders of $10 or more on November 1.
Halloween box from $6.99; buy a $10.99 Large 3-Topping October 26–31 and get a BOGO Medium free to redeem November 1–8 (Hut Rewards).
Breakfast sandwich, hash browns and a medium coffee for $6.
No verifiable published price promotion was found for Chick-fil-A this week, so none is listed. Check back at the weekly refresh.
Up to 35% off select refrigerators, ranges and other kitchen appliances, plus buy-more-save-more bundle savings: KitchenAid up to $900, Samsung up to $1,000, LG Signature up to $3,000.
Up to $500 off select refrigerators, ranges, dishwashers and more on Home Depot's published offer cards; a separate card lists up to $600 off LG appliances to November 12.
Up to 35% off select major appliances, plus up to $100 more off select laundry pairs.
Plus up to a $500 gift card with qualifying appliance purchases, per the published offer page.
Published rebate on select Miele laundry appliances, offered through Best Buy.
$20 off any service with a qualifying repair; $20 off any repair over $200 booked online; $25 off vent-hood cleanings (from $275).
Published offer with code SAVE50.
Half off first-year ShieldGold or ShieldSilver plans for new members.
Half off, up to $150, on a repair in the first 30 days with purchase of a qualifying Sears Protect warranty; plans also publish 25% off non-covered repairs.
Code LifeinHouston is published for Houston appliance service (the discount amount is not published); the diagnostic fee is waived if you proceed with the repair ($89 if declined).
$25 off two or more hours for new customers.
Code IHR25OFF, reported by a coupon aggregator rather than Sears' own site — treat as aggregator-reported and confirm at booking.
Home Depot protection plans, Frontdoor (standalone), ARS/Rescue Rooter Houston and John Moore Services were checked and had no verifiable published repair offer this week, so none is listed for them.
Rates read from PowerToChoose-style listings and published rate trackers (texaselectricityrates.com, powerwizard.com, electricityplans.com, chooseenergy.com, wattfacts.com) and TXU's own Electricity Facts Label. Market medians and CenterPoint delivery figures: WattFacts (177 published Houston plans). Service standing: Texas Electricity Ratings scores, BBB ratings, and the Texas PUC provider scorecard as republished by the trackers. Effective rates at 500/2,000 kWh are the trackers' published tier figures for each ranked plan — bill-credit plans are shown at the rate that usage actually produces, which is the entire point of the two lenses. Green Mountain and APG&E published only a 1,000 kWh figure for their comparable plans this week, so both lenses mark them “not published” and weight them on durability.
Prices from provider pages and published plan trackers (att.com, go.frontier.com Houston page, cabletv.com, allconnect.com, spectrum.com Houston page, North Houston EarthLink listing). Reliability: Ookla Speedtest Connectivity Report, first half of 2026 (AT&T Fiber 82.90, Xfinity 78.24, Spectrum 76.92; Frontier fastest in nine cities) and Ookla's Q2 2026 fixed-wireless results for T-Mobile. Frontier's prices are its published “as low as” figures; the higher pre-discount prices are shown on its cards. EarthLink had no published reliability standing in any source checked.
Prices from carrier pages and October 2026 plan trackers citing them (att.com plan tables, whistleout.com, phonearena.com, budgetseniors.com, shopcellplans.com, usmobile.com, whistleout plan guides). Network standing: Ookla US Connectivity Report 1H 2026, RootMetrics US State of the Mobile Union 1H 2026, Opensignal US Mobile Network Experience (July 2026), J.D. Power Wireless Network Quality 2026 Vol. 2. Verizon's Unlimited Ultimate price is reported at $95 from three October 2026 readings; some trackers still show $90. Google Fi Flexible is priced at an explicitly stated 1 GB assumption because the plan itself is usage-priced. Consumer Cellular's host network reflects 2026 guides (AT&T for new activations); its own site does not state a single host in the pages read.
Durability: Yale Appliance published first-year service rates (washers 2026, 33,190 calls; dishwashers 2026, 7,000+ units; electric and induction ranges 2025–2026; dryers summary), J.D. Power 2025 appliance study results for the top-mount refrigerator segment (GE 51 PP100; connected 87 vs non-connected 63 PP100), and Consumer Reports brand reliability standings for microwaves, vacuums and air purifiers as reported in published roundups. Prices: Home Depot and Lowe's published prices and weekly ads (October 15–21), Best Buy, Target, P.C. Richard listings. Yale does not sell every brand (notably Amana), so some budget brands have no published rate — those entries are marked, never estimated. No fan reliability ranking exists in the sources checked.
Every entry is a published offer read this week; the source is named on the entry and the end date is printed exactly as published, or as “No end date published.” Grocery sources: heb.com digital coupons, Kroger weekly-ad roundups (krogerkrazy.com, southernsavers.com — Kroger prices vary by region; verify in the app), Walmart roundups (southernsavers.com, clarkdeals.com). Eating-out sources: QSR Magazine, Sporked, Eat Drink Deals, The Krazy Coupon Lady, EcoExplorer. Repair sources are the providers' own pages unless the entry says “aggregator.” An AT&T reward-card internet offer whose terms ended October 19, 2026, and Best Buy's Techtober sale (ended October 11–12) were excluded as expired.
Published averages, typical prices and advertised rates describe standard offers — they are not a quote, a bill promise, or buying advice for your specific home. Electricity rates change with the market, internet availability is decided by your exact address, mobile prices shift with promotions, and appliance street prices move weekly. That is why this page is reweighted weekly, and why every figure here carries its source.