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TheSchneid t1_ja30usz wrote

Reply to comment by munchnerk in Ever try to get a real person on Comcast. I waited through 15 minutes of verbal prompts which sent me to text and it’s prompts Half hour later this is how I got a call in a minute by Mnopas

What are your upload speeds like?

I paid Comcast for 800 down but only because that comes with a boost in upload speeds too which I actually need. I've heard some bad stories about 5G internet having really slow uploads and being pretty inconsistent. I host a server our of my house so upload speeds are pretty important to me.

As much as I hate the Comcast Monopoly I actually don't have much of an issue with their service itself at my place (I have some friends that do not feel the same though).

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munchnerk t1_ja31z7j wrote

That might be the big difference - comcast in 21211 is an abomination. We would literally get less than 30mbps down and 3-5mbps up (!) on average. We were "paying for" 200mbps and I don't think I ever clocked it over about 70. It was heinous.

I just checked my speed and I'm getting 200 down/40 up, which is a surprise - usually it's ~350down and I think I usually see about 80 up? We're not hosting servers or anything so to me, compared to 30/5, it's all just "holy shit fast". I do understand the quality differs based on how far you are from a 5g transmitter, and we have one at the bottom of our block. Obviously we were dealing with borderline-unusable connectivity so our bar is lower, but the big seller for us has been no outages - our old 30down/5up speeds also came with frequent outages. Not a single one so far with the new service. If 200/40 won't do it for you, cancel chicken is your friend!

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bmore_conslutant t1_ja3gvcj wrote

I'm 21211 and get between 150-300 down depending on the day

Which I only bring up to show it's not the whole zip code that's fucked

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Roasted_Butt t1_ja5cd09 wrote

21202 here. On Comcast. Wish I could switch to Verizon FIOS, but they won’t expand here. Tried T-mobile home 5G, but can’t get a strong signal in our rowhome. Stuck with Comcast’s crappy 40mbps down (on average).

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Mnopas OP t1_ja5y0j3 wrote

Same here and then I complained and suddenly my speeds went up. Now I get 11up which is ok for me. I’m cancelling it though.

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