Help measure the global Internet!
Based in the U.S. and want to help measure the global Internet? There is a program called RIPE Atlas (see https://atlas.ripe.net/). It is run from the Netherlands at RIPE NCC, which is building the...
View Article[Equip] DPC3939 Logs
I've had the DPC3939 for a little over a week now, and suddenly, it is either not keeping System or Event logs, or they won't show. Older logs show (from November), but anything after that shows...
View Article[Firmware] TG862 New Firmware; Lost Status Pages
I rebooted TG862 this AM and got new firmware on TG862G HW ID 5 7.6.68H up from 7.6.59S Addition Seen on Gateway Pages (192.168.100.1): 1. A Bridge On/Off option on the Connection/Local IP Network Page...
View Article[CustSvc] Putting XB3 into bridge mode
Hi - I recently switched from Frontier Uverse to Comcast triple play. The installer gave us an XB3 - and used it to hook up the phone line. I would like to try to put it in bridge mode and use my own...
View Article[Security] constant guard
some of these internet providers very sneaky if you have more than one HDD they install the Constant Guard Protection Suite on one of your other drives, hoping that you wonÂ’t noteis that it is not on...
View Article[Equip] Goodbye LEASEDMODEM (I hope)
When I paid my monthly bill on-line yesterday, I noticed that the Equipment List could not be displayed, so I checked again today. To my surprise, Comcast had removed the LEASEDMODEM tag that had been...
View ArticleJoliet / Crest Hill, IL area Packet loss?
Hello all, I have been having an ongoing issue on and off for several months now and it's getting very frustrating. Web pages either take forever to load, don't load at all or load incorrectly. It's...
View Article[Connectivity] 10 Ways You Might Be Killing Your Home Wi-Fi Signal
Saw this on the Comcast blog: http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/10-ways-you-might-be-killing-your-home-wi-fi-signal
View Article[Speed] 100/20 appearing to be more like 30/20
I have had 100/20 service for quite a while now (Atlanta area). Over the last few weeks I have noticed my download speeds from anything other than speedtest.comcast.net are in the 30s and my uploads...
View Article[Speed] Crappy Speeds In Central CA
Has anyone in Central California specifically the Merced / Fresno area been experiencing congestion-like symptoms for the past month or two? It started out as just speeds dipping to 20-30 mbps during...
View Article[IPv6] IPv6 Problems with routers other than Netgear
Well aware of the current thread for IPv6 issues on Netgear routers. Starting a new one since my problem isn't happening on netgear. I replaced my WNDR3700v1 with a Tmobile TM-AC1900 (rebadged ASUS...
View Article[Speed] Need help verifying available Tiers.
Can anyone verify any of the following tiers as still being available: 1) Economy: 1500 Kbps / 384 Kbps 2) Performance: 20000 Kbps / 4000 Kbps 3) Blast: 50000 Kbps / 15000 Kbps 4) Blast 105: 105 Mbps /...
View Article[Equip] Looking at getting service, what router would be supplied?
I have my 2 year promotion almost up with U-Verse and they don't seem very interested in keeping me as a customer. I was looking at Comcast and like their pricing on a 2 year promotion. My question is,...
View Articlearris tg862
Got the arris tg862. Installed and works fine. The xf preferred pkg. calls for performance tier speed, about 25Mbps. But when I tested the speed, I found that we now get 50Mbps. Looked at the bill and...
View Article[Signals] Are my signals ideal?
Hello everyone, im new to the site and have been searching ways of improving my connection. Im a gamer trying to get the edge on other gamers and connectivity is huge to me. Needless to say i feel like...
View Article[Connectivity] Slew of connection oddities - help, please
I have a wired connection: leased Arris WMB760a, Vonage adapter and desktop PC. My tier is Blast 50/10. Saturday was connection issues day from hades. Mid-morning walked by desktop to see a Windows...
View Article[Speed] hot signal due to being next to tap
I just moved and got my connection setup in my new place. The tech said that my line was too hot and put a 5 db two-way splitter on the line to fix the issue. Since my new place hasn't been connected...
View Article[CustSvc] Extra fees and taxes?
I'm currently a Comcast Customer with basic cable and internet blast plus service paying about $90 per month. I'm considering upgrading to get more channels and HD service however; I am concerned that...
View Article[Equip] More Approved Modems: Netgear CM500 / SMC D3CM1604 16x4 Channels
If anyone has any information about these modems, please post. They both seem to be modem only devices and I am assuming they're both 16x4. The SMC doesn't seem to be the V model which supports voice....
View Article[IPv6] Comcast approved device list
  I've been reading about the experiences of Comcast customers with devices on Comcast's approved device list (with the checkmark in the IPv6 column), and I've wondered.... what does the...
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