[Rant] I love paying full price for only 70% of bandwidth!
So I have blast internet that's supposed to be up to 50/10. I get 36/6 max if I'm lucky at off times in the day. (3am to 6am) I also know there are a lot of Comcast customers that only get these speeds...
View Article[Speed] 50/10 Blast tier and have not seen over 2/1 yet.
1) Your location: SF, Ca 2) We are currently paying for 50/10 and are seeing crazy slow speeds. Something in the 2/1 range. Called the tech and we switched the channel to 11 and he said that is about...
View ArticleIssues getting free double speed
Recently, Comcast has offered to double the internet speed of existing Blast customers on their television advertisements. They say they will increase my speeds to the 105-150 Mbps range They say...
View Article[Business] Comcast SMC Router How to keep connected devices on same ip?
I know this is easy, but I'm a connection idiot when it comes to TCP/IP things. My problem is that I have a security camera system and it keeps getting it's local ip address changed everytime we have...
View Article[Business] going on week 5 of being locked out of BCI web login
so during an install of a second business class account about a month ago, i was in the process of creating the website account, and noticed i could link it with my previous login that i'd been using...
View Article[IPv6] SB6141 plus Asus RT-N66U equals no IPv6?
To save some typing, read this link: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28724715-IPv6-IPv6-Asus-RT-N66U-SB6141-Solved- My situation is pretty much identical. Comcast 25/5, SB6141, Asus RT-N66U running...
View Article[Business] SMCD3G was dropping packets. Rebooted; now THREE upstream chans!
It was odd; every few minutes it would drop packets completely for a few minutes, in an endless cycle. When I finally got to the modem I power cycled it, and the connection was fine afterwards, only...
View Article[Speed] I dont think i am getting the speeds I am paying for.
I have the Blast Plus with the 105M down and the 10M up. I am using a Motorola Surfboard SB6121 hooked up to a NetGear NightHawk R7000 Wireless Router. Through Wifi [att=1] Ethernet through Router:...
View Article[DNS] anyone else having Comcast DNS problems tonight?
seeing it at multiple sites around Nashville TN. of the responded queries, both took several seconds to retrieve. [root@Gateway]# nslookup - 75.75.75.75> youtube.com.;; connection timed out; no...
View Article[Install] Considering Switching to Comcast From WOW Internet and Cable
Hi All Considering possibly switching to Comcast if our bill issue isn't resolved with WOW Internet and Cable, somehow they think we changed services on the account, and we never agreeded to any....
View ArticleCommercials touting "better" customer service
Anyone else getting a chuckle out of these CC commercials with the actors claiming they came back to Comcast and the customer service is "better" (or "much improved") ??? Makes for a break with the...
View Article[Equip] Home Security with personal modem and router
My girlfriend has Comcast home security and was using the rental modem from comcast. I bought her a Motorola modem and Cisco router to avoid using the junk from Comcast. After activating the modem and...
View Article[Connectivity] Still problem with T3 Timeouts, Zoom 5341J modem does not help.
As I detailed here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28636746-Connectivity-SB6121-Reboots, I was having problems with T3 timeouts. They had mostly gone away, but now are back again. It seems to...
View Article[Security] Should I use Constant Guard and/or Norton Security Suite?
I just had service installed and I'm wondering if I should ditch my free anti virus in place of either of these.
View Article[Rant] I love paying full price for only 70% of bandwidth!
So I have blast internet that's supposed to be up to 50/10. I get 36/6 max if I'm lucky at off times in the day. (3am to 6am) I also know there are a lot of Comcast customers that only get these speeds...
View Article[Install] New Cable Installation Help (Dealing with Comcast, fees, ...)
Hi All, (Sorry for the following essay -- much on my mind :) ) I live in Baltimore City (Maryland) and have very few good options for broadband internet (and I work as a programmer from home on a...
View Article[Speed] IPv4 Speedtest slower than IPv6 over wireless connection
Hi everyone, I'm seeing some very odd Xfinity Speedtest behavior on my connection. My router and connection are both IPv6 enabled. Everytime I run the speed test wirelessly the IPv6 downstream speed is...
View Article[Connectivity] T4 Timeouts in San Jose
I'm using a SB6141 and one of my upstream channels is experiencing a T4 timeout. I've reset the modem a bunch of times, and mostly my internet is working, but I'm having some issues on Skype stuttering...
View Article[Speed] What is the config file name for Extreme 150?
(nevermind, I guess it took the modem ~10 minutes to lock on another channel)
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