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Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

Arris Surfboard SBG8300 and Xfinity 600MBPS plan

I purchased this Modem/Router Combo to run the Xfinity 800MBPS internet plan which it has done so flawlessly for a year. I decided that I did not need that much bandwidth and being a senior attempted to downgrade to the Xfinity 600MBPS plan to save a bit, but it said my modem was not compatible due to "Filters".  

My question is, why will it NOT work on the 600MBPS plan but has run flawlessly on the 800MBPS plan. I could understand if I was trying to move up to the Gig plan which I know it doesn't support. But it should run on anything lower than the Surfboards SBG8300 rated 940-950MBPS.

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Concern moved here to the Customer Service help section for greater exposure to Comcast corporate employees (The Digital Care Team) for assistance.

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XfinityWilliam

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dpgus Thanks for this question and reaching out via the community forum. Were you trying to downgrade yourself, or did you reach out to an agent?

 

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William,

I had tried to downgrade it myself but was unable to and was given to an agent. I had asked him the same question and he advised, that my current modem is no longer supported in this tier because of its "filters" and therefor I would have to buy another modem approved by Xfinity or rent the modem best for my plan.

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Good morning dpgus I can see where this would be troubling, but I would be more than happy to look into this for you. In order for me to better assist you I would need more information from you.

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XfinitySara

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@dpgus - Thank you again for giving our Digital Care Team the chance to look into this further! I'm so glad that we were able to successfully repackage you to the plan you were interested in while keeping your existing modem as it is, confirming that it works well with the lower speeds. We apologize for any confusion that messaging caused, and we remain here if any other questions or concerns arise. Simply create a new post whenever you need to, and you'll receive some of the best help around, between our wonderful community and fantastic team on social media :) For now, take care!

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@XfinitySara​ 

The issue has been resolved by Sara who was fantastic to work with.

Again thank you so much.

David G

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