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Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 1:54 AM

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My wife and I have loved our level of service to include the customer service that Xfinity has provided up until December 2021. We have been able to work from home during the duration of the pandemic and nothing has changed until I received an phone notification in December 2021 stating that I was near my allowable Data usage. All of this was hard for me understand seeing that no new devices were added since the beginning of the pandemic and looking at previous data usage, we have always averaged between 300-400GB a month. In the month of December 2021, it jumped up 500GB to almost 1TB used. Then the month of January 2022 hit and at the end of the month, it went over the allowed usage and Xfinity attempted to charge me. They made the situation go away by providing me with a credit to cover the overage, but not fix the problem. It was mentioned to me by the data security department that I may want to change my password as well as my modem so I did and my usage went all the way down to 281GB for the month of February 2022. I wish I could say the same for March as it shot right back up to over the 1.2TB limit, but once again Xfinity gave me credit. I’ve had multiple calls with Xfinity and Xfinity technicians have come out and no one can figure out the problem as there is a definite usage/service leakage, but Xfinity is not making the real effort to find out what is wrong. Neighbors lines could have even been crossed, but still a technician has not checked the box coming from the ground in my neighbor’s backyard or in the neighborhood period. The only thing Xfinity tells me is that I can upgrade to Xfinity Complete, but why when it’s just two people in my house. We keep getting blamed for something that is not our fault. I can understand if we were running a server farm, but we’re just two hard-working individuals who want to be treated fairly.

Can anyone provide me a contact before I decide whether or not to cancel my service? Thanks

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Sudden huge increase in internet data usage

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933 Messages

3 years ago

Hello @Jwil2k1 and thank you for reaching out. I know how important it is to manage your data usage. I am sorry to hear about your experience. I'd like to ask, how many devices do you have connected? Have you tried eliminating or pausing each one to see where the usage is coming from?

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3 years ago

I expected this answer and you have to understand that I am not running a server farm or anything. A couple of laptops and your usual smart devices which nothing has changed for over 2 years. The question is how and why our data usage increased by over a 500GB a month? Is another IP addresses linked to ours, is there a data leakage where my neighbors lines intersect, etc. Has anyone checked the filter because I heard that Xfinity stated that no data leaks from the filter if it bad, but found that it is not the case. These are the things I expected Xfinity to test being the Subject Matter Experts and not me asking them to do so. 

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@Jwil2k1

We definitely want to assist you with your data usage concern. In this case, if we believe that the usage is erroneous or due to an outside source accessing your network, we would need to direct you to our Customer Security Assurance organization. The Customer Security Assurance organization has been established to ensure a safe and secure online experience for Comcast customers. They can be reached by phone from 6:00am - 2:00am EST, 7 days a week. You can also visit their website, here - https://comca.st/37w1mzw

I no longer work for Comcast.

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