everyone get the 100mps comcast upgrade today?

[CarLuver]

out of the blue got email they upped mine 100 mps

 

[CKN]

Yes-just got the notice. But my bill due to lack of competition is $115.00/month.
Can't threatened to cancel when there are zero other high speed options.

 

[Leo99]

Just tested mine. I'm at 90.4 mps download and 64.4 mps upload.

 

[ripcord]

Nope, still the same 200/25 speeds, here, that we've had for the past while.

 

[Urshurak776]

Our only internet option where I'm at is Comporium. Were at $89/month for 600/600 fibre. Plus, they charge you $5 if you need a static IP (PlayStation requires it.). Never had to pay that before.

We just need internet, we stream everything.

 

[ctechbob]

This is the email I got

We're on the 100mb plan. I forget what the U/L speed was supposed to be.

*yawn*

 

[factorytuned2012]

Yes-just got the notice. But my bill due to lack of competition is $115.00/month.
Can't threatened to cancel when there are zero other high speed options.

Starlink?

 

[himemsys]

This is the email I got

We're on the 100mb plan. I forget what the U/L speed was supposed to be.

*yawn*

View attachment 267995

They are only increasing *upload* speeds according to this. Uploading is used only ~5% of total internet time (on average), so it costs them nothing to do this. This would be important to VPN users and content creators, but most other people on a residential internet connection won't even notice the difference.

Here's my bandwidth usage courtesy of my firewall (3 person home with lots of streaming and gaming):

So I average about 1000 gigabytes per month of total bandwidth. 960 gigabytes of that is download traffic. So my upload traffic is only 4% of my total traffic.

EDIT: If there is a monthly bandwidth cap, the ISP may be doing this so that more people living on the edge will pass the bandwidth limit and get overage charges. The "free speed" ends up being almost useless to most end users, and maybe even ends up costing them more at the end of the month if they have to pay an overage fee.

 

[Analog-1]

Nope, still the same 200/25 speeds, here, that we've had for the past while.

Did you reboot your modem or Gateway ? A reboot is required for the new speeds.

 

[himemsys]

Our only internet option where I'm at is Comporium. Were at $89/month for 600/600 fibre. Plus, they charge you $5 if you need a static IP (PlayStation requires it.). Never had to pay that before.

We just need internet, we stream everything.

Playstation does not require a static IP. If you're hosting a server, a static IP makes it easier for people to connect to it. But you could also use a free service like DynDNS and avoid the extra fee.

https://www.ykc.com/do-i-need-a-static-ip-address-for-ps5-or-xbox-series-x/

 

[Urshurak776]

Playstation does not require a static IP. If you're hosting a server, a static IP makes it easier for people to connect to it. But you could also use a free service like DynDNS and avoid the extra fee.

https://www.ykc.com/do-i-need-a-static-ip-address-for-ps5-or-xbox-series-x/

Thanks. I tried a couple of free ones, but could never get it to work right. It has been probably 5 years, so I can give it a shot.

Appreciate it!

 

[redhat]

Yes-just got the notice. But my bill due to lack of competition is $115.00/month.
Can't threatened to cancel when there are zero other high speed options.

Are you in a coverage area for Verizon LTE/5G Home Internet or T-Mobile 5G Home Internet? You could mention those as competitors to maybe hopefully get a better price.

 

[CKN]

Are you in a coverage area for Verizon LTE/5G Home Internet or T-Mobile 5G Home Internet? You could mention those as competitors to maybe hopefully get a better price.

Thanks-but yea T-Mobile doesn't have any more room on their towers right now for Internet. At your suggestion I checked Verizon as well-it's a no.
Comcast knows this-hence the pricing.
But thanks for the suggestions.

 

[CKN]

Starlink?

Star link could possibly be an option .

 

[factorytuned2012]

Star link could possibly be an option .

I see starlink being cute with some $20 congestion fee in most areas.

 

[redhat]

Thanks-but yea T-Mobile doesn't have any more room on their towers right now for Internet. At your suggestion I checked Verizon as well-it's a no.
Comcast knows this-hence the pricing.
But thanks for the suggestions.

No problem. Just called for my Spectrum today, bill went up to $88 for the 600mb. Argued and finally got it back down to $55/mo, where it was. I was ready to disconnect as I have a Verizon 5G Home Internet as a failover that routinely pumps out 300mb/40-50mb up and thats locked at $35/mo. ISPs are brutal to deal with IMO.

 

[alarmguy]

They are only increasing *upload* speeds according to this. Uploading is used only ~5% of total internet time (on average), so it costs them nothing to do this. ..

Good catch!

 

[CKN]

Good catch!

Looks like I'm at 700/160 on Comcast. But I pay dearly.

 

[Pew]

For $140/month it should have been "free" a long time ago.

 

[Analog-1]

Comcast 180/42 with over provisioning. 40.00 a month. I am divorced now kids are grown and live alone so plenty of speed for anything i do.