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Comcast Bumps Speeds in Company's Northeast Division

Comcast says the company has bumped the standard speeds for customers in the company's Northeast division. A company announcement states that most "Blast" customers in the region will see their download speeds increase from 150 Mbps to 200 Mbps, and "Performance Pro" customers will see an increase from 75 Mbps to 100 Mbps, both at no additional cost. Comcast's Northeast division comprises of 14 northeastern states from Maine through Virginia and the District of Columbia.

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To grab the new speeds, customers may need to reboot their modem. Comcast says it will reach out to customers that need to upgrade their modem to nab the faster speeds.

"As customer demands and technology evolve, we continue to increase our broadband speeds to deliver the fastest and most reliable Internet experiences possible, both inside and outside of the home," the company says of the update.

It's worth noting that Comcast's Northeast division has yet to see the company's ever expanding usage caps and overage fees, in large part thanks to increased competition. Comcast has made it abundantly clear it hopes to cap all users eventually, though increased competition in the region from the likes of (uncapped) Verizon FiOS has so far kept these glorified price increases in check.

There's some additional discussion about the latest speed bump in our Comcast forum and in the full Comcast announcement.

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ctaranto
join:2011-12-14
MA

16 recommendations

ctaranto

Member

FiOS FTW

I'll take my 75/75 (real world 83/90) over 200/10 or whatever slow upload speed Comcast is offering.

camper
just visiting this planet
Premium Member
join:2010-03-21
Bethel, CT

9 recommendations

camper

Premium Member

$70 per month still gets 25/5mbps around here from Comcast

 
No speed increase for me.


eco
Premium Member
join:2001-11-28
Wilmington, DE

8 recommendations

eco

Premium Member

Legacy tiers

I'm on the phone with them right now trying to get them to manually provision my modem for the faster download. I'm on a legacy Extreme 105 tier and was upgraded from 105 to 150 when Blast got upgraded from 100 to 150 a couple of years ago. I don't want to drop my legacy tier and move to Blast because I don't want to lose my 20Mbps upload speeds...
TheMasterFab
join:2016-02-17

8 recommendations

TheMasterFab

Member

Yay!

Rather than reversing their position on data caps, you get a meaningless download speed boost! Enjoy hitting your monthly allotment faster!

P Ness
You'Ve Forgotten 9-11 Already
Premium Member
join:2001-08-29
way way out

7 recommendations

P Ness

Premium Member

what about meeeee

nothing for us poor folks at 25m


YukonHawk
join:2001-01-07
Patterson, NY

3 recommendations

YukonHawk

Member

Got mine :-)

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GusHerb
join:2011-11-04
Chicago, IL

3 recommendations

GusHerb

Member

Speeds

This is the second time us folks in the Midwest region have been passed up for a speed increase. Our blast is still at 75/10. OTOH we have still have Extreme 150 with the 20 Mbps upload and I don't see that mentioned for the NE region.
shmerl
join:2013-10-21

3 recommendations

shmerl

Member

How much are those Internet plans?

I.e. without promotions?