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Comcast Doubled Internet Speeds in Houston Yesterday

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  1. rcoleman15

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    Same here. Only difference is that they didn't try to charge me anything.
     
    #21 rcoleman15, Mar 22, 2013
  2. Prince

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    minus downtime equals.....
     
    #22 Prince, Mar 22, 2013
  3. Duncan McDonuts

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    Renting a modem is a scam. Search ebay for the Motorola Surfboard 6141. Seller named modem-amodems accepts bids for $65-$70. Instead of paying $7/money has for a modem, own your own that pays for itself in 9 months.

    Once you receive it, call comcasts activation line. Tell them the MacID, and you're done. I haven't rented a modem in 2 years. Should never have rented one
     
    #23 Duncan McDonuts, Mar 22, 2013
  4. LonghornFan

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    Does Comcrap still cap you at like 250GB a month?
     
    #24 LonghornFan, Mar 22, 2013
  5. ItsMyFault

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    I think it's 300GB, but they haven't exactly come up with a replacement cap yet for the 250GB. I just remember them going away from the 250GB cap to replace it with something else.
     
    #25 ItsMyFault, Mar 22, 2013
  6. LCAhmed

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    Cap is currently suspended last time I checked my account
     
    #26 LCAhmed, Mar 22, 2013
  7. morpheus133

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    I considered doing this several years back, but was told it wasn't an option if you have digital voice as part of your package. Haven't researched it since then to see if that has changed or if I was misinformed. Has anyone done it recently who has digital voice as part of their package?
     
    #27 morpheus133, Mar 22, 2013
  8. Scionxa

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    what you have is an EMTA (modem with built in digital phone). When I worked at Time Warner cable, what we did is that if you bought your own modem, we would prevent your EMTA from having internet access and send a signal to it so that it is strictly used for phone and then just waive the fee, then you would plug in your modem that you bought in another cable jack (or same one if you used a splitter ) and that would be your modem for actual internet.

    Not sure if Comcast does it this way.

    Also, if you have home phone, I highly recommend using "OOMA" . It's bad ass. My parents have it . Comcast phone is rather expensive
     
    #28 Scionxa, Mar 22, 2013
  9. morpheus133

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    Really the only reason we have the home phone is because the package promotion when we renewed for all 3 was cheaper with it than what we were paying previously just for internet and cable.
     
    #29 morpheus133, Mar 22, 2013
  10. Tommyboy

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    Here's my before modem reboot speed :
    [​IMG]
     
    #30 Tommyboy, Mar 22, 2013
  11. CheezeyBoy22

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    What about the modem which has the telephone cord for the comcast phone.
     
    #31 CheezeyBoy22, Mar 22, 2013
  12. Tommyboy

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    And here's my speed test after rebooting modem:
    [​IMG]
    A little bit faster for me both up and down. I can't tell which Comcast account I have. It just says "High speed internet" on my bill.
     
    #32 Tommyboy, Mar 22, 2013
  13. LCAhmed

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    probably looking at blast. I feel Like I have Performance since I am capped at just under 30, where as Blast is capped at just under 50.
     
    #33 LCAhmed, Mar 22, 2013
  14. Tommyboy

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    Sounds good to me! Does anyone know how to find out exactly which Comcast speed tier we have in our Comcast accounts information?
     
    #34 Tommyboy, Mar 22, 2013
  15. MIAGI99

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    Are you leasing a modem through them?
     
    #35 MIAGI99, Mar 22, 2013
  16. MIAGI99

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    In your account go to "my services tab and at the bottom click customize your internet package and it will tell you your package and what you can upgrade to. Don't do it through the website though. Call them and you can get a better deal.
     
    #36 MIAGI99, Mar 22, 2013
  17. Bandwagoner

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    thanks

    [​IMG]


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    #37 Bandwagoner, Mar 22, 2013
  18. underoverup

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    I wonder if Google Fiber is coming to town......... :eek:
     
    #38 underoverup, Mar 22, 2013
  19. LC Rox Fan

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    Before
    [​IMG]

    After
    [​IMG]

    On Performance internet. Dat ping though..
     
    #39 LC Rox Fan, Mar 22, 2013
  20. LCAhmed

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    your upload is sorta suspect doe. Stogas be like, "Well that is not quite as fast as I anticipated it being :(."
     
    #40 LCAhmed, Mar 22, 2013
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