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Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 10:21 PM

Slow speeds being measured from new XB8 Gateway on new Gigabit x2 Plan

Hello - I started seeing slow speeds (~800M  b/s) as measured on the Xfi app  I called tech support and they tried resetting the gateway as well as other troubleshooting from their end, but no success. They do say I was getting the correct speeds to my home. A technician was dispatched to my home and the correct speeds were measured at the pole, through my line and all the way to my XB8. When the Technician connected my Cat6a cable from the orange 2.5g LAN port, he was only getting 1,100 tops to his measuring device. We also tried a Cat 8 and a regular Cat 6 cable, same results, no where near the 2,000 I am supposed to be getting. The technician was dumbfounded and he also double check with the office to make sure I was on the Gigabit X2 plan which I was. He then explained he could do nothing further and he placed me on the phone with his supervisor who explained my situation was going to be escalated and I would most likely be receiving a new XB8. I cannot believe I'm having all this difficulty and its only been 1 week since I have received this XB8 and upgraded plan I am trying to find out if they actually escalated my problem.

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3 months ago

 

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2 months ago

What was the final results? Did you get this fixed? I am having the same issue, New XB8 and way slower speeds than previous generation gateway.

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Thank you for reaching out to us @user_vth225! Slow speeds can be very frustrating.  Are you experiencing slow speeds on both wireless and hardwired connections? You mentioned receiving slower speeds than previous gateway. Was the XB8 recently installed in your home? Do you remember what the speeds were before compared to what they are now with the XB8?

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1 month ago

Same thing here, customer service awful, don’t know what to do but cancel

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cheetofever thank you for using the Community Forums page to reach out. I understand that you have not had a great customer service experience so far, and I relish an opportunity to turn your frown upside down. Are you still noticing concerns with your connection speeds?

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30 days ago

I have the same issues, before the new XB8 gateway I was getting up to 1GB down speeds, now I can't break 600MB down / with 800MB up speeds. I have reset the gateway multiple times even wired speeds don't exceed 600MB down.

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Hey there, @user_vth225! Thanks for leaving a comment with your similar concerns. Are you still experiencing speed issues? If so, not to worry! Our team is awesome to work with because we'll always do whatever we can to review and resolve issues quickly. Have you taken any other steps such as what's outlined here, or tried swapping the XB8 with another one from our store? If you still need up, feel free to create a new post under your username so that we can make sure to address this as fast as possible! Thank you.

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