I received an email from Comcast yesterday saying that they had increased my download speed from 50 to 75. After cycling power on my modem I'm consistently getting 85+.

In 2 years with Comcast they've increased from 25 to 75. At this rate we should see 1 gig by 2054.

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Posted by Asgard Device

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Member since Apr 2011

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Posted on 11/1/15 at 12:01 am to ArkLaTexTiger

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In 2 years with Comcast they've increased from 25 to 75. At this rate we should see 1 gig by 2054.

Tripling every 2 years would put you at 2 gig in 6 years. That wouldn't be too far off from Moore's Law, btw.

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Posted by ithad2bme

Houston transplant from B.R.

Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 11/1/15 at 12:18 am to ArkLaTexTiger

I've had 75 from them for over a year, but haven't seen any upgrades. I did notice that for a while I started getting 20-30 instead of what I was paying for, but after calling them and complaining for 3 days it got fixed and has been running fine since.

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Posted by tom

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Member since Jun 2007

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Posted on 11/1/15 at 5:58 am to Asgard Device

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Tripling every 2 years

Only the bill does that.

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Posted by prplhze2000

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Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 11/1/15 at 7:45 pm to ArkLaTexTiger

Yup. I got the same letter a few months ago. It is legit.

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Posted by thunderbird1100

GSU Eagles fan

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 11/1/15 at 8:24 pm to ArkLaTexTiger

They did this in Atlanta earlier this year

Went from 50 to 75 and now im getting about 90 over my Netgear AC router.

Will be getting Google Fiber by early next year though and cant wait. Tired of 300gb cap.

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