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Monday, January 27th, 2025 9:33 PM

Not getting upload speeds

Good afternoon, 

I recently upgraded my cable modem speeds from 1. 2 GB to the multi-gig 2 GB.  I was only getting around 40 MB uploads before and was expecting to get at least 150 to 200 Mbps based upon the advertised speeds of up to 300mps

I have seen in other forum posts where you have had to reprovision the modem. I was wondering if this could be done to fix mine

Expert

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3 months ago

Are you using a gateway device rented from Comcast or your own purchased modem ? Make and model number ?

Visitor

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6 Messages

I have the xb7 rented from Comcast 

Visitor

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6 Messages

Any update to help?

Would love to figure out why I am not getting full upload speeds

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@PlanetMars92 My team can look further into your speed concerns today.  To send a direct message, please click on the chat icon in the top-right corner of the screen, and select "Xfinity Support" to initiate a Direct Message. 
Click "Sign In" if necessary
Click the "direct messaging" icon or https://forums.xfinity.com/direct-messaging
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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3 months ago

Did you ever get a confirmation E-mail stating that your local area was ready ? Sometimes the cart gets put before the horse.

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3 months ago

I have also recently upgraded to the 2gbps package and was told I'd get 350 up. I'm averaging around 240-250, which is great, but it will randomly drop to around 2mbps, making any stream drop frames like crazy. Not sure if this is happening to you as well, but wanted to add this since we have both upgraded recently and I'm also having bad uploads, albeit intermittently

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3 months ago

@PlanetMars92 

Please respond to my question right here in your topic on these public help forums. Thank you.

Visitor

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I am working with support, they have to send out a Tech.  Signals seem low to them.

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3 months ago

OK. Good luck with the visit, but that still doesn't answer the question ?

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Sorry, I did not get an email, but received a few texts messages stating the multi gig upgrades have been completed in my area.  

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@PlanetMars92​ 

No worries ! Thank you !

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3 months ago

I just upgraded my modem/router to an Arris G36 on Xfinity's recommendation to take advantage of my "new and improved" speeds and service. My download speed was supposed to go up to 1.2Gbps and my upload to 300 Mbps (had been around 40). The download speed's highest return was in the 900 range, which was ok. The upload speeds actually exceeded 300....around 350. After five days the speeds suddenly diminished. My download speeds dropped back to around 500 and upload speeds to about 110. This is very upsetting. I work from home and send large files daily to our agency server. Upload speed is critical to my job. Xfinity says the problem is the modem. Arris says the problem is not the modem. I've done every re-start, re-set, and test both Arris and Xfinity said do, and nothing has changed.

Personally, I don't believe Xfinity if they say the sky is blue and grass is green. The speeds were excellent for five days and then the performance plummeted with no change of anything on my end.There are internal modem settings that Xfinity can control that we cannot change, and I'm certain that they have arbitrarily and deliberately diminished the performance of this modem to push me to rent their Gateway for $15 a month.

I can't be the only person having issues like this. The cable companies, and particularly Comcast/Xfinity have gotten away with [Edited: Language] like this for years. 

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user_0yoauy Hello there! We appreciate you taking the time to reach out to our Xfinity Community Forums Team for assistance with your speeds. Getting that type of lag and inconsistency would be frustrating. I hear where you are coming from, and want to help you resolve the issue. More than likely, we just need to run an update on your modem, and you should be good to go. Can you please send a Direct Message with your name, and service address? 
 
Click "Sign In" if necessary
Click the "Direct Message" icon or  https://forums.xfinity.com/direct-messaging
Click the "New message" (pen and paper) icon
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As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list.
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Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window 
Press Enter to send it

 

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Thank you, Kassie.

I will send that direct message in a day or so when I get back from my weekend.

In the meantime, FWIW, there are a couple of things I have subsequently learned while continuing my research on this subject.

Arris actually makes two different modem/router combos that have the same model number, G36. To me, this is not very smart.....but that's the fact. My Arris modem model G36 has four 1.2 Gbps ethernet ports. The other Arris model G36 has the same four 1.2 Gbps ethernet ports, but also has an additional dedicated 2.4 Gbps connection. I have also learned that the modem manufacturers send their firmware upgrades to the cable providers, who then push them to the subscribers like me. I think both these facts may have some significance to my issue. 

I remain convinced that the degradation in service and speed I experienced results directly from action taken by Xfinity, either automated or human-initiated, but it may not be as sinister as I had believed. If my modem/router received a firmware update compatible only with the G36 with the additional dedicated port, it might have mis-set some parameters in my modem, and could very well be affecting others with the same kind of G36. In any event, I would be happy for Xfinity to simply UNdo whatever was done to cause my modem/router to suddenly function at significantly slower speeds. Obviously, my router is fully capable of handling the 300 mbps upload speed I am paying for, and equally capable of providing download speeds approaching 1 Gbps, having done so for six days before Xfinity did whatever it was they did. 

The other G36 also costs from $150-200 more than the G36 I purchased. I would be tempted to go ahead and pony up another $150-200 to get the dedicated 2.4 Gbps port with 1 Gbps upload speed, except that my modem already has a six day performance record proving its ability to deliver speeds that I am content with--including the all-important to me 300 Mbps upload speed in my plan.

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I got my issues resolved.  They had to move the powered amp outside and connect the cable modem to the correct port to bypass the amp side.  They also replaced the modem (but did not think it was necessary) and a cable box that was messed up passing voltage back on to the lines.

Now getting 2+Gbps down and 330+Gbps up.

Thanks all,

Eddie

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@PlanetMars92

 

Awesome I'm glad our technicians came out and got everything fixed for you. Do you have any other questions or concerns?

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2 months ago

@PlanetMars92 

Thanks for the update ! Glad it got sorted out !! Take care !

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