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Friday, October 6th, 2023 6:56 AM

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High download latency

Been having an issue since almost the start of this year with intermittent complete loss of internet and high latency/lag.

It got so bad that an automatic text was sent offering to have a tech come out to check things out so we opted to go ahead with it (back in April). The tech came out and checked all of our equipment, stating it was working perfectly fine and was reaching very high speeds, but also stated the issue may be the cables outside the building. Ever since then we've heard nothing, and there's been an xfinity work truck out there that same week maybe twice and still the issue persists. Can't even reach them by phone anymore. Went ahead and replaced both the modem and router (both of which were about 2 years old) and still the issue persists.

Anything I can do at this point? Far as I can tell, the chat functions down on my end and there's 0 troubleshooting surrounding this issue. Any test xfinity runs based on speed alone naturally shows everything is fine but it doesn't test for any latency or lag.

The issue remains across all devices, whether through a wired or wireless connection.  1200 mbs speeds mean nothing when latency is nearly as high in some cases

Considering how many years we've had xfinity and it's consistently had more problems than just about anything else....I'm already looking into other alternatives that have recently popped up in our area that would cost a fraction of what I pay now and still deliver nearly half the speed of what I pay for now...

Official Employee

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2 years ago

Hello, @user_5s2cqh we want to make sure we get service working to the quality we all expect! There's a good chance we need to schedule a follow-up appointment. Since this issue is happening with a wireless connection and while using an Ethernet connection have you tried bypassing any potential splitters between the wall and modem? Or replacing any coaxial cables that the modem is hooked up to? Simple things like this and making sure connections are firm can help with latency.

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@XfinityJosephA​ Far as I recall, the last tech that came over told us it was likely cables outside our building that could be the issue. Have yet to replace the coax cable though. Noticed unusually high latency on the "xfinity" public wifi as well

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@user_5s2cqh ,If you could send our team a direct message with your full name, the name listed on the account (if different), and the service address associated with your account, I'd be more than happy to look into this for you. To send a Direct Message, please click on the chat icon in the top-right corner of the screen, next to the bell icon, and then type or select "Xfinity Support" to initiate a direct message.

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Direct message has been sent.

Thank you for your assistance so far!

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2 years ago

@user_5s2cqh @XfinityJosephA @XfinityChelseaB 

Please circle back here and post any possible solutions for the issue here in these open 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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