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Sunday, April 26th, 2026 8:11 AM

Bufferbloat to the max with 1.2gbps down and 35mbps up - XB8-T

I am extremely desperate right now-- this is a cry for help 😭. Xfinity says they're not doing any network improvements and nothing is down in my area. I think it's easier to show the types of 'spikes' in latency I see through my internet connection:

I'd love to seek any help possible from any strangers that are out there that could help. Here's the things I've tried:

  • Restarting gateway tons of times
  • I had a tech out here run a few speed tests through the modem and he said the 'speed is fine' and that 'nothing was wrong with the Xfinity connectivity' based on the signals. I think he was purely operating for down and up speeds.
  • Confirmed that I experience this through a laptop (wireless) and desktop PC (wired) directly connected through a gateway. Both environments receive D/F grades.
    • Also tried cat 5e, 6, 7, 8 cables. Still nothing to help buffering issues.
  • Tried tweaking different configs via https://www.speedguide.net/articles/windows-1011-tcp-ip-tweaks-5077 . Nothing is helping.
  • All DNS testing resulted in higher latency times (per the screenshot) via https://dnsspeedtest.online/. Busy times (8PM) or non-busy times (2AM) testing yielded no difference.

The DNS testing and the laptop/desktop testing really tells me there's a single point of failure somewhere, I just don't know where. I'm truly at a loss and can no longer bear the issue. My family still loves our connection because they can still stream 🤦. Is there anything else I can test or try to improve my bufferbloat? 

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9 hours ago

 

user_d030eb Thanks for reaching out to us here on Forums for help with your latency concern. We would be happy to look into the issue with you, and help in any way we can. I'll need to check the node to the account first to see if there may be a cause there. 

Can you send us a direct message with your full name, name of account holder (if different), and service address please?

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8 hours ago

@user_d030eb @XfinityEricB 

Please circle back here and post any possible solutions for the issue here in these open public forums so that all readers here may benefit from the exchange / info. This is in keeping with the spirit for which these public help forums were originally intended. Thank you.

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