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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 11:32 AM

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Data Usage

When my data usage jumps from normal month of 600-700mg to 2x that and no lifestyle change has occurred it has to be the Xfinity data calculator. Xfinity suggested we update the modem and swore we would have higher speed and better coverage with unlimited data usage.  Speed is not faster. Data usage is accelerating. 

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9 months ago

@user_k1d75i I am sorry for how your experience has made you feel. Having unlimited data does not change your internet speed. Did you add xFi Complete to your account? If yes with xFi Complete will receive the benefits of Unlimited Data, manage the health of your home's Wi-Fi and a smarter, more secure home network that protects all connected devices. 

 

Has anything changed recently to add additional data usage such as someone working from home or maybe a new gaming system? My daughters got a PS5 for Christmas, and they were leaving it connected online non-stop which increase our data usage to almost double what it was previously. If you still believe the amount to be incorrect, data usage is verified by an independent, third-party auditor. The best course of action, in this case, would actually be to report this to our Customer Security Assurance. You can contact them by following this link: https://internetsecurity.xfinity.com/help/report-abuse/ or by calling CSA Toll-Free Number: 1-888-565-4329. 

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your link doesn't work, no suprise

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this site gives me a "Bad Request" error

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9 months ago

How do you even check your data usage anymore?  It used to be easy.  Now I navigate through the menus and click on it and I go to a blank page.

...plus they just raised my price.  

Point Broadband is in my area with fiber now.  Can give me 50% more download speed and 20 times faster upload speed for $21.00 less a month.

Get with it Xfinity or you're gone.

BTW, Xfinity says "up to" 200 mbps download but it's never been over 100.  Bad service, bad pricing.

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9 months ago

Just spent 2 hours and 10 minutes trying to rectify my problem on Xfinity Chat.  Mousami seemed to try and help.  Midway through service change my internet went out and I lost her/him.  Not sure now if I have a new plan.  Can't connect to Xfinity any longer to check.

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@user_5etp9t Good morning! Thank you for taking the time to reach out to our Community Forums Team for assistance with your data on your change of service support. I can see we have some work to do today, and want to be sure I answer all your questions and concerns. 

 

-Data Usage: When you login to Xfinity.com, select "Internet", from there you will see your plan, equipment, Wi-Fi network information, and data usage. If it's blank, try deleting your cache and cookies, and then try again. If you are experiencing a lag with your speeds, we may need to do some troubleshooting to make sure there is not an underlying service issue that could be preventing you from getting closer to your subscription speed.  

 

-Service change: If you didn't receive an order consent to agree to the changes, and then get an order confirmation, then the changes didn't go through. I would be happy to assist you with making changes to your plan today. To begin, can you please send a Direct Message with your name, the service address, and the new plan you were wanting to go with? 

 

Click "Sign In" if necessary
Click the "Direct Messaging" icon at the top of the page (looks like a text bubble)
Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon
Type "Xfinity Support" in the "To:" line and select "Xfinity Support" from the drop-down list which appears. The "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line
Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window
Press Enter to send it

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9 months ago

I have had the exact same issue and of course they just try to sell you unlimited. No change in usage here, as a matter of fact we've had 2 power outages so I should have used LESS data this month. I think it must be another xfinity/comcast scam. 

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9 months ago

same here and we actually lost power for 2 days this month so it should be LOWER not higher and when I asked them to give me a daily rundown they tried to upsell me to unlimited. I don't need unlimited because I normally use half of my allotted data? What is up with this scam Xfinity? 

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8 months ago

I have been reading in an Xfinity forum that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. My monthly usage is usually between 400 and 500 GB. In February (last month) it jumped to almost 1000. For no reason. Our usage habits have not changed. We've had Xfinity WiFi for years, and this has NEVER happened. 

    So, here's my question for Xfinity. Check your own forum and you will immediately see that this is happening to many, many people. Advice offered by your employees does not help. Apparently, changing our passwords isn't working and as far as I can tell the "team" you keep referring us to simply tells us it has to be our fault. In my view, the fault HAS to lie with Xfinity. You clearly have a problem on your end that is recording our usage higher than it actually is. There's no other explanation for so many people suddenly seeing not just a little more usage but DOUBLE usage. We would appreciate your investigating and resolving the problem. I, for one, will not just let this go. I will continue contacting Xfinity further and further up the chain of command until I finally get a valid answer and a resolution. 

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Thank you so much for reaching out to us today, @Silizzie! That certainly is not the experience we want for our customers to have, and I know how frustrating it can be with the data concerns. We do recommend reaching out to the Customer Security Assurance Team here https://internetsecurity.xfinity.com/help/report-abuse. They are the proper team to report the data issues too, and will be able to further investigate everything with you. 

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We're sorry to hear the link is not working for you @johnnycan415, that's definitely strange. Have you tried clearing cache and cookies or using an alternate web browser? 

 

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@Silizzie​ did you ever get resolution? Today they told me the increased usage was on two separate days when no one was even home. 

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@Silizzie​ I have the same issue.  Xfinity is working with me to solve the problem.  I've had a field tech come into my house to examine the situation.  He provided a new modem.  I have a senior advisor working with me over the phone.  I've talked with about 15 Xfinity people.  This problem seems to be new for each of them.  I agree that with several people reporting this in this forum, it is not an isolated issue.  It appears to be a business practice to either ignore it or push customers to unlimited data use.  I'll continue working with Xfinity because it is the only service available where I live.

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7 months ago

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I am also experiencing wrong data usage problem for many months now.  I have doubt to Xfinity's data usage and setup the network monitor and traffic meter as comparison.  This month march 2024 alone would show 200+GB differences.  I've reached out to customer support and the agent would only show the data I can found online and not able to show how the usage was collected and to prove the accuracy.

I think Xfinity need to address this possible fraud and using incorrect data usage to bill more from customers.

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Hi there, @masawang Thank you for taking the time to message us on this forum. I do apologize for the inconvenience, you would need to contact our Xfinity Support team who in turn will connect you over to our Customer Security Assurance team who can look further into your data usage concerns.-Richard

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I did try to reach out to a support online and all he did was to bring up the wrong data usage numbers I could also found online.  He was not able to understand my questions and replied the number he provided was correct, but not able to share with me how the numbers was collected.  I had a router that came with a traffic meter and the number were at least 200GB less than what Xfinity provided each month.  The support was not able to understand this question.  I asked to escalate to manger or who is knowledgable enough to help customer.  The support just pretend he was transferring but in fact it was dropped.

You should also know Xfinity provided one of the worse customer support, so stop referring people to try to reach out to support and get their time wasted.

I also tried to provide the same feedback to the survey.  There is no response as of now.  

That's about all the reasons why I tried to post a +1 victim here and hopefully it would gather enough power and Xfinity would face this problem seriously.

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@masawang I appreciate you taking the time to follow up that you had reached out to support to look into the data concern. From experience, when customers work with our CSA experts they open an IH ticket for the interaction. I do like to ensure you were working with correct team: 

- When you reached out did they provide you with an IH ticket number? (please don't post ticket number publicly) 

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5 months ago

Last July and starting this June, my data usage has blown up. Normally, when children are out of school, usage is about 700GB in a month. Last July and again starting three days ago, within three days I have used nearly 230GB of data. Not sure why this is. Call to Comcast and Deeba and Vikram tried to help me out. Of course, wanted me to go with their modem (I own my own, so no thanks). I then requested that perhaps someone has "spoofed" me and is a rogue on my network. Asked if they could change/reset my public IP address. They said that they could not, as the modem manufacturer is in charge of the IP address. If I am wrong, please correct me, but I thought we were provided our IP address from our ISP (that would be Comcast/Xfinity?). Aside from just flat out disconnecting my network, I am going to blow through the 1.2TB cap in a matter of one week. Anyone have any clue? Looking at you, Xfinity, for some help. Last July, I did turn off the network for about a week.

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I will be disconnecting my network completely, starting this evening. If I see any usage while it is offline there will be greater questions. I expect to have the network down for at least one week and will post back when I bring the network back online.

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Hi @lildoc,

Thank you for reaching out. I understand you saw an increase in your usage as well. If you have concerns about security, I would visit our Customer Security Assurance team here https://internetsecurity.xfinity.com/help/report-abuse. This would be a great path if you feel there could be other variables involved. I can see the general usage on my end, but I cannot see what specific device is using the data due to privacy. 

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