I've been able to get by without a unlimited data usage plan for quite some time now but over the past year to year and a half my usage has crept up and up.
Comcast claims only 5% of users will reach the cap but yet sells unlimited data bundled with their Xfi complete and advertises it pretty frequently. That 5% seems like a lie from the advertising on this.
Since I do rent their gateway I guess i can add for $11 a month extra but still it's BS because they can. We all know damn well caps are not about congestion but another way to force more money out of people.
Honestly they need to bump the cap up to 2TB if they want to keep behind their 5% claim but that's not going to happen. 1.5 TB would be a nice improvement since they want to be stingy.
But hey it's "Comcast" after all.
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[Caps] 1.2TB cap is not enough in 2022...
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New England region mid-split prep progress
only took 7 years but it looks like there is finally some mid-split progress. sometime in the last month QAMs below 108mhz were cleared out.
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5th US Added
Service went down for about 15-20 minutes around 1am. Went from 4 US to 5 US. The ATDMA symbol rate on the new one is 2560 instead of 5120, and it is at the highest frequency. Any meaning to this difference?
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What?s going on here?
Speed tests been weird lately. Decided to look at the modem page. This… what is going on?
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[Firmware] MB8611 Software update
I had to power down some equipment today to move furniture and a few electrical plugs work. Powered modem and router back up and now I notice my MB8611 modem is using updated software. Was 8611-19.2.18. Now it's showing 8611-19.2.20. I was not paying attention to the modem as it was powering back on and nothing was indicating in the Event Log.
I checked for a firmware/software update not all that long ago but nothing. I cannot be sure if the modem updated today with the power cycle or it had updated at a earlier date and I missed it.
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Does Xfinity hide their fiber plans?
I'm shopping for fiber internet in Chicago and according to the sales reps that I've chatted with, I'm eligible but it seems really sketchy to me. Every other ISP I've talked to doesn't have fiber in my area and there is literally nothing on Xfinity's website about ANY fiber plans. Every time I look all I see is cable. That said, the sales reps have assured me that its a fiber-only network with no cable modems. When I asked why they don't advertise these plans online, they said that I'd have to ask the marketing department. Am I getting scammed? Fiber-only internet seems like a pretty big selling point, especially now. Why would they hide it?
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[Speed] Got my ATT Fiber today. Later Xfinity
After a 6yr wait ATT finally finished the fiber install in my area. Getting 945 Mbps down and up and loving it so far. Going to test it for a few days before I turn my xfinity internet off. I never had a issue with xfinity but after 10+ years of using it at different locations I needed something different.
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Xfinity Rewards
This was discussed within another topic recently...so I went ahead & signed up for the program. When I did this, one of my "offers" was a $50 Visa gift card, no strings. So I clicked on the offer & it asked a couple questions & then told me it had been submitted & I should receive it in 6-8 weeks. Not really expecting anything to come of this, I was surprised earlier this week when it showed up in my mailbox! :D I have no idea why/how I qualified for this, but I imagine it has to do with length of time being with Comcast & how many services I have - thought I'd share with everyone, in case others might find they have some good offers waiting. ;)
edit: the envelope the card came in had "xfinity mobile" on the front upper left corner, so maybe it's because I have XM...
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Higher upload speeds "in some markets"?
I ran across this article which contained this nugget:
In addition to expanding its network, Roberts said Comcast is also ‘moving aggressively on the path to 10G” and has already rolled out higher upload speeds in some markets. It will continue to expand this capability in 2022 and beyond, he added. (emphasis mine)
Do we know anything about what "higher upload speeds" Comcast has rolled out and in what markets? Unless they're talking about Gigabit Pro moving from 2 to 3 gigabit/s, then this is the first I've heard of this.
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[Rant] Download congestion at peak times. Amazing Comcast!
So over the past few weeks been trying to figure out why my download speed will dump down to 600-700 Mbps at peak times. Sometimes it will dip down to mid 500 Mbps. I'm on a gigabit plan. I haven't posted about it until now.
Multiple speed tests to multiple sources all show the issue.
I tested with Xfinity's own app speed testing to the gateway and that says I need to update my gateway and it can't keep up. Real nice suggestion when I already have an XB8...
I was able to get somebody to check the node usage and they said average DS utilization was around 45%
Perhaps the congestion is higher up the chain but multiple sources all show it at peak times it seems.
Not sure what's going on but around 11PM to midnight the congestion is gone as typical.
I wonder if I should file another useless FCC complaint go though a bunch of techs telling me nothing is wrong lmao.
But pretty much this is a rant because there is nothing I can do it fix it and comcast can clear themselves of the issue saying speeds are not guaranteed. It of course is still usable but pure BS.
EDIT: Signals levels attached
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[Equip] Supersonic.
Have heard that Xfinity is coming out this month with "Supersonic" internet.
What is it and what is better about it?
Thanks.
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Comcast supposedly extending service here soon - hookup question
I'm stuck in one of those rural areas with only DSL available, but Comcast has service nearby that the township says they'll be cutting Comcast a check to extend here soon. Apparently, one of the township supervisors(?) lives just up the road and wants it. That's the only reason it's finally happening here. Still not convinced they'll hook us up even though we signed up when the township asked. The house is 1700ft off the road with no existing coax.
Anyway, I need to know if there are different options for modems etc. I only wire my stuff, so I would need one with ethernet so I can use my own router. I'm also wondering what speeds I can expect here. I'm going to be rather pissed if they try to tell me it's only going to be 100mb. They're offering people in the city like 800mb over the same coax, right? I also plan to have internet only, no TV.
Spectrum supposedly has a line on this road, but only services the next township (maybe a mile down the road). Would much rather have had them. I'm kind of curious if those township deals are usually specific to "residential" internet and businesses can make deals with whoever they want. We're a farm, so we can technically do things as a business instead of a resident.
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Jump in Downstream power levels
Seemingly overnight my downstream power levels jumped from 0-1dbMv to 5-6dbMv. While I know its still in spec is this anything to be concerned with? This is what they are at now and I swear just a couple days ago they were at 0-1 on all channels. I have not changed anything in setup.
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New to Comcast and questions about speed
Just switched to Comcast from Wide Open West. We switched because of service issues and continuous problems with upload speeds. We work from home and it was at the point of either we were going to have to go back to the Office or change our ISP. Well we changed our ISP.
We have our own modem Netgear CM 1000V2 and router Google Wifi 3 puck(Wifi 5) system the original not the newer Nest.
The plan we purchased is the 600 down and 20 up. We are always getting the 20 up and over actually. The download speed is about 170 around the main puck that is wired to the Modem not the satellites. I had expected much better download speeds.
My question is will a Wifi 6 router system improve the download speeds? All devices in the house support Wfi 6.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
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[Other] Backing Up 125GB of Files to OneDrive
Purchased Music/Groove Music backed up Onto Onedrive, Amazon Music i bought over the years, Google Music also purchased, On Average with 600/20mb Extreme package approximately how long should this task take?
So far lost slight connection at times, but never a full outage thus far on day 2 of this task lol.
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Interesting Email
Any idea what this is specifically about?
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New Upload Speed
I have the Comcast 400/10 plan. I just noticed it went up to 400/20. I'm actually getting about 445/24 speeds now. I didn't get any notice from Comcast about speed increases. Is this just temporary or a permanent increase? Just curious. Thanks.
Becca
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[E-mail] Comcast DMARC report
Does anybody know what this is?
I replied to the message and was told it was from Yahoo.
I don't use Comcast Email, so it can't be referring to a message from me.quote:Subject: Report Domain: warrenmason.com Submitter: comcast.net Report-ID:
Hello!
Please find enclosed a DMARC report for the domain 'warrenmason.com'.
If you have any questions or concerns about the DMARC report, please reply to this message.
Thanks,
-- The Comcast Email Delivery and Data Analytics Teams
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New versions of Arris s33 and sb8200
Looking through cablelabs certification list there're arris s33v2 and sb8200v2, looks to be different from hardware versions which sb8200 already has 7? I was wondering if anyone knows if these v2 versions are already out and what's the difference between v1 and v2, and also if they are out how to get it, do you just buy new s33 and hope its v2?
p.s also looks like netgear cm2500, cm3000 and cm3050 are coming out.
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6th Upstream showed up
Just noticed my 6th Upstream.
Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status Channel Type Channel ID Symb. Rate (Ksym/sec) Freq. (MHz) Pwr (dBmV)
1 Locked SC-QAM 9 2560 10.4 36.5
2 Locked SC-QAM 10 5120 16.4 37.0
3 Locked SC-QAM 11 5120 22.8 37.0
4 Locked SC-QAM 12 5120 29.2 37.5
5 Locked SC-QAM 13 5120 35.6 38.0
6 Locked SC-QAM 14 2560 40.4 38.5
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