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Help with Wifi getting constantly dropped
Our WiFi goes out constantly, usually just very briefly, but it is disruptive to doing work on computers, watching shows, etc. We have 500 Mbps, a gateway pod, our house is not big so things are all fairly close to the router. We did not have issues for our first couple of years of service, but this past year it's been constantly going out. Every time I try to chat with Xfinity or check on our service Xfinity says it all looks perfect. It's very frustrating. Any simple solutions that have helped for folks? We re-start our router a few times a week which helps temporarily.
XfinityPaula
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1.2K Messages
2 months ago
Hello user_zzuk7k! Thank you for creating a post and for reaching out for help on our Xfinity Forums. Again, I'm sorry to read of the internet trouble and as I shared in my comment on the other post I know the frustrations you are having, and I would love to help out!
There are some things to test and check at your home, like a hard-wired connection, but also the time of day the issues seem to be occurring. Does it seem isolated to specific times like the network may drop from 4-9 pm, but the rest of the day seems fine or are you seeing the connection drop randomly throughout the day? Is it impacting multiple devices like your computer and phones? Do you have any devices that are hard-wired to the modem and have the same dropped connections?
When you have a moment please send us a direct message with your name and service address. We will dig into this for us and help make sure you don't continue to have these intermittent issues!
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user_zzuk7k
8 Messages
6 days ago
I posted previously about this issue and thought it was resolved. The wifi goes out constantly, briefly, usually a minute or two at a time. It is incredibly disruptive to get work done, watch tv, do anything.
We got a new modem which seemed to help for a bit but now it is once again constantly going out. The app or automated phone/assistant messaging always says our wifi looks great and there are no issues.
I tried calling the 800 number again to attempt to talk to a human being and schedule a service appointment but got too frustrated. I'm busy and at work, not at home, so don't have time to go through all the troubleshooting that we already do every day. We restart the router almost daily. It has been months and months of frustration. I just want a person to come to our house.
My neighbor uses Xfinity and had the same issue. She said she had a service provider come out and they found "water in a junction box" or something - once it was fixed, they have not had issues.
I plan to drive 20 minutes to the Xfinity store today and *hopefully* can schedule a service appointment in-person since it seems impossible to do over the phone or online. Will share if we make progress. I wish we could switch providers but there are limited options in our area.
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