Xfinity WiFi Router AirPort Time Capsule....help??

I just upgraded my home internet and Xfinity sent me a new modem. It turned out to be a modem/router. After installing it, I set it up exactly how my previous router was so that it cooperated with my AirPort Time Capsule (phone line & cable > Xfinity router/modem > Airport Time Capsule (plugged into the first Ethernet port)). At first, I was getting an internet signal from my AirPort network even though it was blinking orange. AirPort Utility then popped up and told me I needed to switch it to "bridge mode" (I think that's what it was) so I did. I got a soild green light after that.
So now I have two WiFi networks broadcasting in my house...the Xfinity modem/router is putting out its own network, and then my AirPort Time Capsule is putting out another, which is the same original network that I had always used.
I feel like this is somehow not the most efficient way to set this up. I also want to make sure I'm getting the fastest signal possible and it isn't being cut in half because of the two networks or something like that...I know I could just get rid of the AirPort Time Capsule altogether and connect to the Xfinity modem, but I want to keep the AirPort to access files saved on it, use it for Time Machine, etc.
Any help? I'm thinking that I'm missing a step somewhere...

You are not connected to an ISP.. you are connected to a building shared internet.. this is private IP address and there is no way for you to access it remotely.
You must buy internet services, cable, adsl, even wireless of some sort,, that will give you a routable public IP.

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