[Speed] Blast tier at under 10 Mbps
Is anyone else experiencing slow speeds? For the last 24 hours my download speeds have fallen to around 3 Mbps, upload is normal at 11 Mbps; latency is under 20ms. The modem signal looks fine,...
View Article[Connectivity] Pure sine ups with modem?
My area gets a decent amount of 5-20 second power blips which cause the modem and PC to reset. I always get scared this will ruin the modem and or PC. So was thinking of a ups, but heard a ups can mess...
View Article[Speed] Comcast Upload Update?
Alright, so I remember that roughly one year ago, Comcast stated that increased upload speeds were coming in "2017."...
View Article[Speed] Side Discussion About Gigabit Pro & earlier Gigabit Deployments
Anyone know if Comcast has actually started installs? I live in the west palm beach, fl market announced for deployment this month. So far phone agents don't know anything of the service. I've been...
View Article[Connectivity] Area upgrade breaks gaming again 28 downstream + 1 OFDM
I was really sad to have to make this post at all. I'm not sure if anyone remembers but I had a thread back in August for similar issues. Here is the link for anyone wanting all the information (Where...
View Article[Speed] Comcast 2017 Speed Upgrades
Comcast announced today the first, free, speed upgrades of 2017. Houston and some Northwest markets are getting their Performance tier speed upgraded from 50 to 70 Mbps: Comcast to Increase Internet...
View Article[Mobile] "Xfinity Mobile" wireless service
As mentioned in this recent DSLR news item https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Prepares-For-Mid2017-Wireless-Service-Launch-139048 , Comcast is planning a mid-year launch of their wireless...
View Article[Speed] Report Performance Pro 100/5, Blast Pro 200/10 Upgrades
Beginning March 16th, 2016 Performance Pro will be upgraded to 100/5 & Blast Pro will upgraded to 200/10. Note: "Blast" in the Northeast is also being upgraded to 200/10. Reports only, on topic,...
View ArticleChannel Bonding question
I am sorry if this is found somewhere else I did a search for Channel Bonding Issue with Arris SB8200 and didn't find anything. ON December 1st something happened at 3am that resulted in the Event Log...
View Article[Equip] Equipment Recovery wants MY cable modem after service end
I terminated my Xfinity service (internet and cable TV) a few days ago, by walking my STB into the retail store and telling the CSR to close my account. This evening I received an email from a third...
View Article[Bill] Grandfathered Comcast Pricing
How does Comcast deal with grandfathered plan pricing as the years go on? How do they do price increases? Is there a way to keep the same price?
View Article[Firmware] New Netgear CM1000 firmware
FYI - A new version of CM1000 firmware, V3.01.02, has been initially released by Netgear for a field soak before being made GA: https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31609929-
View Article[Signals] Is this anything to be concerned about
I have the CM1000 modem and started getting these errors almost every day. Some days more errors than others. This was about 23 errors, but have gotten as high as 41. Levels are fine, just wondering if...
View Article[Equip] XB6 extender
For anyone that has the new XB6 gateway ( I do not have one) , were you given any info on getting the extender? Does the XB6 come with the extenders? Do you have to rent them? Can you buy them? Has...
View Article[Bill] Trim your bill?
Yesterday I signed up for a service called Trim that negotiates your bills for you. Within a couple hours they reported they had saved me 50.00 on my Comcast bill. I have no idea what they did. My...
View Article[Rant] Getting spammed by Comcast
:huh: I live in Chicago and will eventually be getting the new 2017 speed upgrade to my Blast service. Lately I have been getting emails and pop ups from Comcast about my owned modem, a SB6120. They...
View Article[Firmware] XB6 New "Prefer Private Connection" option?
so I just got a replacement xb6 after my last one would not negotiate gigabit speeds with any ethernet device I tried, and the wifi would cut out every few hours. Logging into the WebGui and clicking...
View Article[Signals] doscsis 3.1 enabled
Hello all, just wanted to post new signals here in brooklyn center, MN . as of today i have the new docsis 3.1 channel. before i was on a docsis 3.0 24 channel node. speeds have always been good so no...
View Article[Signals] Comcast Starts Rollout of xFi Pods to Boost Whole-Home WiFi
horing up its whole-home WiFi tech strategy, Comcast has begun to roll out complementary “xFi Pod” devices that plug into the wall and work in tandem with the MSO’s primary gateways, including a new...
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