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Throttling internet

What’s the purpose of paying for xfinity internet if it is just going to be throttled throughout the day?

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6 months ago

 

user_upfggv Thank you so much for your post, we do not throttle customers connections. If you are running into speed issues we are always happy to check out your connection for you. If you haven't already tried out the Xfinity assistant it does cover a lot of connection issues a well. If you are still having issues 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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2 months ago

I am curious about this. I am getting 2mbps down and 20mbps up as of midnight before Thanksgiving (when there is a lot of football on). This household is on a grandfathered Xfinity Triple Play plan—much cheaper than any plan Comcast offers today—and when I chatted with the agent, I was relentlessly upsold on plans that I had no interest in switching to as they cost two to three times as much per month. Interestingly, I was running speed tests the whole time I was on the chat, and while the agent was running diagnostics on the Xfinity-provided modem/router, speeds were close to 500mbps (normal).  That was on the mesh the household uses connected to the Xfinity modem through a router. When the agent was done with diagnostics, the speeds dropped back to 2mbps. I have no good explanation except throttling. 

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user_2md998 I can assure you that Xfinity doesn't throttle, and this seems like you're having an internal issue with your network. Was you able to get a technician scheduled with the agent or no? 

 

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1 month ago

Dear Xfinity rep: I can assure you that whatever it is that you refuse to call "throttling" which results in slow upload and download speeds, IS happening, and it's an issue you need to resolve. Contact your technicians, whoever you need to contact, and stop messing with our upload and download speed. Would you rather all of your customers bail on you for fiber internet from another provider? That's what's going to happen if you don't stop [Edited: "Inflammatory"] your own customers. Enough is enough! 

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ehe12a Thanks for reaching out with your speed concern. I would be happy to assist you with finding out why your speed isn't remaining consistant as we would expect it to. Is this happen at only certain times of the day, or is it random? When you notice the speed issue does it affect all devices or just specific ones?

 

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