PSA Comcast increased their internet speeds

[trlcavscout]

If anyone didnt know they increased the residential speeds on the 16th, you will more then likely have to power cycle the modem to see the speeds. The 25 went to 50, the 50 to 105 and the 105 to 150. I didnt see this posted but i have been busy and may have missed it, if so i apologize.

[Irving]

Funny, our internet has been stupid slow lately. Haven't power cycled since yesterday though.

[brutal]

Hmmm no change here.

I've been @50/60 for quite a while now.

[Gman]

Mine went from about 30 down to 60 down. Uplink speed didn't change.

[th3w01f]

Thanks for the heads up, I had heard it was going to happen but didn't have a date. I did have to reset the modem for it to take effect, went from 56 Mbps to 102 Mbps.

[Guylee]

Glad to see they're at least using lube now.

[kwando]

Mine went from 60mb to 120mb. Reboot your modem

[TFOGGER]

I was getting 108 down last night at home, but uploads are still loafing along at 7ish. Happy for the better down speeds though!

[00tec]

If you had 25mb service, it went to 50. If you had 50, it went to 105. If you had 105, it went to 150.
Upload didnt change, and the upgrade excludes Fort Collins for the moment.
If you're not sure if you originally had 25 or 50, look for "blast" on your bill. Blast was the 50, now 105.

[Jer]

Normally with these speed increases you would need to reboot your modem but this time around they changed it at the headend so you shouldn't need to reboot to see the speed increase. That being said, if you don't see the speed increases a reboot won't hurt anything. Several areas got shafted though so it's also possible you're just SOL. Last time they upped the speeds we got left in the cold so I'm happy to report that this time around we got the speed increase. One more note, you need a DOCSIS 3.0 modem to see speeds above 38Mbps so if you are on an older modem this would be a good time to upgrade from DOCSIS 2.0 to take advantage of the speeds for which you are already paying. Thanks to this promo I found out my buddy has a modem that was discontinued in 2009 and was constantly wasting time on the phone w/idiot Comcast reps who never could tell him why his speeds were so slow. In addition, it was a modem/wireless router combo which are complete trash. If you have a setup like this do yourself a favor and get a quality modem (Retail will be $70 at Best Buy with deals often putting them under $50) and a quality wireless modem as two separate components. The majority of the internet problems I've seen in residential areas are these combined devices that blow goats.