What wifi speeds do you get from your XB6 gateway?

I'm upgrading to the tier that offers 400Mbps and have been told by Comcast I should install the same model XB6. But I have read a few bad reviews about the XB6 Wifi speed. Have you run a speed test with your cellphone or tablet while connected to the XB6 via your private wifi 5Mhz connection? If so can you tell me what kind of speed you are getting? Thanks.

My current Gateway while on the 250Mbps "Blast" tier only gives me a Wifi speed of 100Mbps. I'm hoping the XB6 will be faster.

Did your install require any special tweaking or is that what you received straight out of the box? Thanks

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@jweaver0312 wrote:
I’ve have great Wi-Fi experience with the gateway. My iPhone XS has been getting speeds as high as 553Mbps on download over 5 GHz and my MacBook Pro has been able to exceed 800 Mbps sometimes hitting 900 Mbps.

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@WindsurfMaui wrote:

I have two questions. 1) Is there some feature on the XB6 that isn't on the 3941T that I will want? 

 

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The XB6 has 8x8:8 Integrated Dual Band Concurrent 5GHz 802.11 ac Wave2 radios, which will give you a much faster WiFi connection.... if  your client device supports it. 

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@WindsurfMaui wrote:

2) what wifi speeds are people getting with the XB6? Can anyone who has the 400Mbps tier or 1Gb tier post what speeds they get on their home wifi connection?

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Gigabit tier here.

When I still had the XB6, I was regularly hitting 550-600/40 on my iPhone X, and 700-800/40 on my 2015 27" iMac. 

Thanks. I have read many reviews where the wifi speeds are worse with the XB6. My tier changes next week and I will see if my current DPC-3941T speeds increase before I decide if I want the XB6. If I take the XB6 I have to buy a switch to feed all my hard wired desk top computers. So I don't want to make the change unless there is some very good benefit.

When I am connected to my local network on the 5.0 frequency it says my connection is 150Mbps in my current 250Mbps tier yet the fastest wifi connection I can get is 110Mbps. Can I assume that I will never reach the connection potential speed so 110Mbps is a good speed for a 150Mbps connection?  I'm hoping for faster speeds when my tier level changes next week.

FWIW, the "link speed" indication is basically meaningless for testing speed. Don't go by that. Use the Xfinity speed test. The link speed is a port negotiation property.

With my current 250Mbps tier I get 300Mbps with my hard wired computer. The 5.0 Freq connection link speed is listed as 150Mbps and I get 110Mbps standing next to the gateway (with Xfinity Mobile LG X charge) and no other wifi devices being active (connected but not active).

I am curious when the 400Mbps tier starts and with my current XB3 gateway if all these numbers increase proportionally or if my phone speed with increase more than the tier increase proportion. I am especially curious what link speed will show on the 5.0 freq with the 400 tier. If there isn't a really good increase in the wifi speed then I will definately get the XB6.Thanks for the help.

FWIW: I can get 300/24 wireless on my Extreme 250/20 service. Using an XB6 (T) and a very old Vostro laptop, with an after market Intel 7260 wireless AC card.

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@CCAndrew wrote:
Just because your speeds are increasing doesn’t mean your phone,as an example, will jump up all of a sudden by the same factor. You can’t compare wired and wireless speeds, it’s apples and oranges.

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Yes but this will tell me if the barrier is in my phone and not the modem. If the modem stays the same when my tier increases and my phone connection is faster I will know it was the tier. If the tier increases and the phone connection doesn't increase I will know it is the phone. 

Sorry, but you have Blast! 250/10 speed. In Central where I am Blast! is 150/10, I have Extreme 250/20, don't think that is available in your area.

You have the correct speed for Blast! in your area.

(By the way it's your phone, I have an Xcharge too, fastest I can get with that is around 105/24, same link speed 150)

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@Paraniod wrote:

FWIW: I can get 300/24 wireless on my Extreme 250/20 service. Using an XB6 (T) and a very old Vostro laptop, with an after market Intel 7260 wireless AC card.

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Thanks. Then I am being robbed. My 250Mbps tier gives me 300Mbps/12 when hard wired and 110Mbps/12 wireless. The only time I have seen a upload speed faster than 12 is on a public xfinitywifi hotspot.

I will post my new tie speeds next week after the upgrade takes effect.

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@Paraniod wrote:

Sorry, but you have Blast! 250/10 speed. In Central where I am Blast! is 150/10, I have Extreme 250/20, don't think that is available in your area.

You have the correct speed for Blast! in your area.

(By the way it's your phone, I have an Xcharge too, fastest I can get with that is around 105/24, same link speed 150)

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Thanks for the info. That is the Blast level I have. I don't think it is fair of Comcast to have different levels of the same named speed.