FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, future goal of 1gbps [pdf]

Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by bscphil on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:26PM (#38104597)

In my case Comcast is 800/20 or 1000/35, but they refuse to even advertise the upload rate so you don't know when you're signing up. There's a somewhat outdated, very hard to find page that lists these [1] but many tiers (including mine) don't seem to be shown.

[1] https://www.xfinity.com/networkmanagement

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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by linsomniac on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:33PM (#38105646)

ISTR, and this was ~3+ years ago now, that Xfinity/Comcast is quite hard to even find out what the upload speed of the different offerings is. I even was chatting with their support and asking and they were cagey, like "why do you want to know?"

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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by bscphil on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:14PM (#38106085)

Currently, at least in my area, after you've purchased a plan (potentially with a term agreement), you can log onto the Xfinity website and see what your expected upload speed is. Mine says 800 / 20, although I think it's possible that the 800 is really 900 and they undersell download speeds to avoid customer complaints. I regularly max out a Gbit line in iperf tests to nearby servers.

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