Comcast announced today that it has increased the speeds of its most popular Xfinity Internet tiers, providing an extra boost for thousands of Southwest Michigan customers.
The following upgrades have gone live automatically at no additional cost:
- Performance Starter upload speeds doubled to 50/10 Megabits per second (Mbps);
- Performance upload speeds doubled to 100/10 Mbps;
- Blast speeds increased from 200/10 Mbps to 300/10 Mbps;
- Extreme speeds increased from 400/20 Mbps to 600/20 Mbps.
- Extreme Pro speeds increased from 800/20 Mbps to 900/20 Mbps; and
- Gigabit Pro speeds will increase from 2/2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to 3/3 Gigabits Gbps symmetrical nationwide.
“Comcast’s more than 2,000 miles of fiber-dense network lines and other infrastructure serve a host of Southwest Michigan communities, and our more than 35,000 WiFi hotspots in the area allow residents to connect on the go,” said John Crowley, Comcast’s Regional Senior Vice President. “Comcast’s more than $850 million investment in its network in Michigan over the last three years and its ongoing investments make it possible for the company to deliver some of the fastest Internet speeds on the market, the most advanced telecommunications services for homes and business and a great experience to our customers.”
Comcast’s Xfinity Internet service is delivered using the company’s existing network architecture and the connections that are already in most customers’ homes. Its network offers residential download speeds faster than a Gig over its current infrastructure already, making the company the largest provider of Gigabit speeds in the region and the country.
Over the last decade, Comcast says it has invested nearly $30 billion to build an expansive, fiber-dense network comprising 191,000 route miles in its service footprint nationally. The network carries an immense amount of traffic and performed extraordinarily well during the pandemic. The company has doubled its network capacity every 2.5 years to stay well ahead of demand.
