Comcast upped my speed today

[CarLuver]

got an email from comcast that they upped my speed. i have been paying for 200/10 and now its 300/20. You guys get upped also?

 

[FT92]

I have Verizon , getting slower all the time but the price isn't slowing down.

 

[Eddie]

+1

 

[totegoat]

Spectrum, paying for 300 getting 286 in and 6 out. High winds have caused a Spectrum service outage in your area.........

 

[andrewg]

Yep...got the same email from Comcast. I really don't notice any difference.

 

[TCL]

Price increase incoming.......

 

[CKN]

I pay $111.00 for 500mbps with their modem/voice landline as well. (Been a customer for almost 11 years). I decided that was too expensive. I spent an hour on their "customer chat". I threated to cancel-they could care less. They said-300mpbs would be a whole $11.00 less/month.
They are the only high speed provider in my area-that's the issue. I got a whole $10.00 one month credit for my effort.
There is talk of a city owned fiber network so various broadband companies can compete for our business.

 

[nate379]

I pay $111.00 for 500mbps with their modem/voice landline as well. (Been a customer for almost 11 years). I decided that was too expensive. I spent an hour on their "customer chat". I threated to cancel-they could care less. They said-300mpbs would be a whole $11.00 less/month.
They are the only high speed provider in my area-that's the issue. I got a whole $10.00 one month credit for my effort.
There is talk of a city owned fiber network so various broadband companies can compete for our business.

I pay that for 5 mbps. 5... not 500

 

[dogememe]

AT&T FIber is available 500ft from our address. As soon as it becomes available at our address we'll switch. Despite the good download speeds I'm not happy with the lousy upload speeds Comcast offers. I'd gladly give up some download to get more upload!

 

[Urshurak776]

In the Charlotte, NC (I'm in Indian Land, SC) we pay $89 for 600MB up/down. 1GB up/Down is like $109 and 2GB up/down is like $124.99.

Everything in our house connects via wi-fi and my mesh system is only capable of 500mb up/down anyway, so just sticking with what we have.

 

[CKN]

I pay that for 5 mbps. 5... not 500

It sounds like you have a SAT provider.

 

[nate379]

It sounds like you have a SAT provider.

Dsl

 

[SevenBizzos]

Yes. It went from 200 to ~360. I'm only with them until the price increases.

 

[alarmguy]

Yes, it seems like standard practice now, cable companies are increasing the Internet speeds, which will then be followed with a price hike to justify it.
They will take away the option to have your original slower speed at the original or lower price
It all means more revenue to them.

 

[Skippy722]

I don’t recall getting an email but my upload speed is now 20mbps instead of 10. Download is still 400.

 

[Al]

I get 356/117 mb/sec with comcast

 

[Hall]

They are the only high speed provider in my area-that's the issue.

They know their markets and what competition, if any, there is, and they'll negotiate or stand firm depending on the circumstances.

Spectrum, paying for 300 getting 286 in and 6 out.

In my experience of ~15+ years with their internet, you should be getting 15-20% higher than the advertised speed. Depending on the time of day, yeah, you can see slowdowns, but not often. It's almost 6pm here, I pay for 300/10 service, and I get this....

 

[Danno]

Dsl

Is Starlink an option?

 

[BrendanC]

houston tx, i also got upped to 300/20 from the 200 plan.

 

[CKN]

They know their markets and what competition, if any, there is, and they'll negotiate or stand firm depending on the circumstances.


In my experience of ~15+ years with their internet, you should be getting 15-20% higher than the advertised speed. Depending on the time of day, yeah, you can see slowdowns, but not often. It's almost 6pm here, I pay for 300/10 service, and I get this....

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There are a couple other providers with abysmal speeds. Yep-Comcast knows this.