PSA Comcast increased their internet speeds

[trlcavscout]

Behind the curve? Most of the people in this thread are using modems from like a decade ago & prior to this thread never knew a difference. In another decade when Comcrap rolls out another 50Mbps increase they can buy another $20 modem to take advantage of those speeds. Suggesting a $100+ modem for most of the people in this thread is a waste of money.

So its better to buy outdated modems and routers now? Buying a modem that bonds less then 16 channels is like buying a 802.11n router, its not going to perform like you want it to. Comcast has upped their speeds 13 times in 12 years or something like that, remember the docsis 1 and 1 meg downloads? 1x1 channels those were the good ol days haha but 32 down wont be far off now that technology isnt a limitation anymore. And for the record a docsis 2 will run over a hundred megs, i seen the first 100 plus meg test in a customers home around 6 years ago with a motorola surfboard 5101, it was running 115-120 during a test period. Of course i live in ault and just ran mine, I get 12 down and 1 up on dsl and 14 down and 9 up on my verizon hot spot. I have a 1 gig network in my house and a 12mb connection, life is good haha

[ben4372]

Jer nailed it. Most people don't care or need the speeds you guy are talking about. Mostly just dick measuring. Most people don't even need 20 meg. You guys are gonna love these speeds when Comcast starts charging by the Gig. With my "doubling" I'm up to 28 Mbs. Anyone considering the $20 modem, do it. You wont be missing the extra downstream carriers anyway.

[newracer]

Before reboot of modem


After


First time modem has been rebooted in months.

[th3w01f]

Pricing per GB could make all of this very interesting. I didn't realize how much data Netflix used, last time I looked we were using well under 100GB a month and for the last 3 months (using Netflix at times) we're between 400 - 500GB. I just dropped the Netflix setting down to Medium quality to see what that does.

Comcast usage - https://customer.comcast.com/Secure/...terDetail.aspx
Netflix Settings - https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87

[tim-adams]

I was paying for 50 and jumped to 125

[brutal]

Before reboot of modem


After


First time modem has been rebooted in months.

try the reset button...

[TennVol]

Before reboot:



After reboot:

[colorider]

Pay for 25. Getting 28. Have done a reboot twice. Still getting around 28. Brand new comcast modem. Oh well. Guess I'm one of the unlucky customers.

[Great-Kazoo]

Pay for 25. Getting 28. Have done a reboot twice. Still getting around 28. Brand new comcast modem. Oh well. Guess I'm one of the unlucky customers.

one of ? I'm brushing up on my Hindi so it's easier for the CSR to understand my outrage having to spend 15 minutes with them. BEFORE i get them to switch me to a Mainland rep. Which i requested 15 minutes earlier.

may i speak with a mainland service person = मैं एक मुख्य भूमि सेवा व्यक्ति के साथ बात कर सकते हैं

[00tec]

Filipino... Get it right... Haha