If you have Comcast as an Internet provider, chances are you’re getting faster service now or in the very near future. Comcast tells us they are increasing download speeds for some of their most popular Xfinity Internet tiers for customers in Southwest Michigan and Northwest Indiana. Both markets are part of the Xfinity unit for the Greater Chicago Region which also includes the rest of Illinois.
Today’s announced speed increases are the latest in a series of moves by Comcast to support growing consumer demand for super-fast, high-capacity Internet connections that can not only handle the explosion of connected devices that are powering the smart home, but also offer a single platform to manage and protect them.
Beginning today, download speeds for the company’s:
- Performance tier will jump from 60 to 100 Mbps…
- Blast! will jump from 150 to 200 Mbps…
- Extreme will jump from 250 to 300 Mbps…
- Extreme Pro will jump from 400 to 600 Mbps…
More than 85-percent of Comcast’s Internet customers in the region subscribe to one of those tiers whether they purchase Xfinity Internet on a stand-alone basis or as part of a package. Over the past two years, Greater Chicago Region Comcast subscribers in Southwest Michigan on average have seen their speed increased by more than 50-percent.
Nationally, over the past four years and across Comcast’s service area, the company says they have quadrupled their overall network capacity and doubled their fiber miles, deployed gigabit speeds to more homes than any other Internet Service Provider, upgraded all speed tiers, and rolled out an entirely new class of gateways – the xFi Gateway and the xFi Advanced Gateway – that are designed for higher speeds and blanket most homes with great WiFi coverage.
John Crowley is Regional Senior Vice President for Comcast. He says, “We’re not only delivering the broadband speed and capacity that customers need to run more sophisticated home networks, we’re setting the bar for coverage and control, too.” Crowley notes, “Modern homes require fast Internet, wall-to-wall Wi-Fi, and a way to manage the connectivity needs of the entire household. With xFi, we’re giving our Internet customers the tools to manage the growing number of connected devices, apps and technologies in their homes.”
Xfinity xFi is Comcast’s differentiated Internet experience, which gives customers more speed, the best in-home WiFi coverage, and easy to use controls over their home Wi-Fi networks. With xFi, customers also can manage their children’s screen time and pause Internet access, as well as protect all their Internet-of-Things and home automation devices from unwelcome security threats. XFi customers receive powerful all-in-one modems and WiFi routers, that, when combined with xFi pods, can extend WiFi coverage to hard to reach rooms of virtually any home. Additionally, xFi customers receive complimentary access to the nation’s largest network of WiFi hotspots and five lines of Xfinity Mobile service to extend their Internet experience outside of the home.
Over the next several weeks, customers who lease a gateway will automatically receive the new speeds without having to reset their modems. Other customers who purchased their own modems should check online to see if they need a new device that is capable of handling these faster speeds. You can perform that check at the link below:
