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Monday, February 16th, 2026 4:04 PM

No notification of network improvement outages

I have been an Xfinity customer since 2019. I am generally used to Xfinity providing proactive communication any time they anticipate a potential outage for any reason, or very quickly reactive communication for unexpected outages. However, twice within the past week, I have had Xfinity outages due to network improvement with no communication before or during, inclusive of texts and app notifications. I'm currently in one of these outages, so we'll see if I receive communication after, but I believe last time I only received communication after because I attempted to notify Xfinity of the missed communications through the app (which I could not do) and I received a text asking how likely I'd recommend Xfinity upon reflecting on that experience.

When I look at the outage map during these times, there is language saying customers should receive notification prior to network improvement outages. This is not happening in my area. I even request text updates when each of these outages happen, which I shouldn't have to do since Xfinity normally sends me texts without my asking, and I have still received zero texts about these outages. It is frustrating because I'm used to good communication from Xfinity and have received zero on these outages. These outages are highly disruptive and last multiple hours, so while I understand they have to happen to improve the network, the very least Xfinity could do is notify us since these outages are premeditated, especially since there are several indications that Xfinity is intending to notify us and just isn't.

Is Xfinity aware they aren't sending notifications of these outages? What more can I do to notify Xfinity that these notifications are failing? I haven't asked my neighbors about this, but I see other posts in this forum about this issue, so I assume this isn't only affecting me.

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5 hours ago

 

judiciousbird, Hello, and thank you for reaching out to Xfinity Support. Customers should be notified before work is done in their area. Notifications are sent via email or text message to customers with verified mobile numbers on file. They receive a text one day before and on the day of construction, along with a follow-up message when the work is complete. If customers are not receiving notifications, it may be due to not having a verified mobile number or email preferences updated in their account settings. Please let us know if you still need assistance getting this set up. 

 

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@XfinityAngie​ Hi, I have had my phone number and email verified with Xfinity since changing them in 2022. I have successfully received text communication from Xfinity in the past and received an email as recently as this morning before the outage (but for a billing matter, not this outage). This is not my issue. My issue is Xfinity isn't communicating about these outages via these well established, verified means.

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judiciousbird, thanks for confirming that for me. Let's take a look at your account and see if we can figure out why this keeps happening. Please send us a direct chat message with your full name and complete service address to “Xfinity Support”. To do so, click on the chat icon located at the top right of this forum's page.
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2 hours ago

@judiciousbird, thanks so much for working with us today. We understand how frustrating it is when you are not notified ahead of time when work will be done in your area. For those in the community, here is the link we shared, so they could sign up for notifications: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/proactive-outage-notifications

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