Comcast Increases Internet Speeds for Most Customers in Oregon/SW Washington
September 23 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Faster Download Speeds for Performance,
Performance Pro, Blast!, and Extreme Customers Helps Power
Consumers’ Rapidly Growing Number of Connected Devices
Faster Speeds, Combined with Great Wi-Fi
Coverage and Controls, Differentiates Xfinity’s xFi Internet with
Best Overall Experience
Comcast is increasing download speeds for some of its most
popular Xfinity Internet packages for customers in Oregon/SW
Washington. Beginning today, download speeds for the company’s
Performance tier will jump from 60 Mbps to 75 Mbps, while the
Performance Pro tier will increase from 150 Mbps to 175 Mbps. The
Blast! tier will move from 250 Mbps to 275 Mbps, and the Extreme
tier will be upgraded from 400 Mbps to 500 Mbps. About 85 percent
of Comcast’s Internet customers in Oregon/SW Washington subscribe
to one of these tiers and will have their download speeds upgraded,
whether they purchase Xfinity Internet on a stand-alone basis or as
part of a package.
Last year, Comcast boosted download speeds for Blast! and
Extreme customers in Oregon/SW Washington. Today’s speed increases
are just 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.
“Increasing Wi-Fi speeds gives us the opportunity to enhance the
overall customer experience,” said David Tashjian, Regional
Vice-President of Comcast Oregon/SW Washington. “Whether it’s
streaming, gaming, shopping or surfing the web, customers need an
internet provider that can deliver speed, and these increases
reflect our commitment to delivering the fastest speeds, coverage,
control and security to our customers.”
Xfinity xFi is Comcast’s differentiated Internet experience,
which gives customers more speed, the best in-home Wi-Fi 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 IoT and home
automation devices from unwelcome security threats. XFi customers
receive powerful all-in-one modems and Wi-Fi routers, that, when
combined with xFi pods, can extend Wi-Fi 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.
Nationally, over the past four years and across Comcast’s
service area, the company has quadrupled its overall network
capacity and doubled its fiber miles, deployed gigabit speeds to
more homes than any other Internet Service Provider, upgraded all
of its 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 Wi-Fi
coverage.
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 (http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/).
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable,
NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States’
largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to
residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides
these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and
security and automation services to residential customers under the
Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and
Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment
companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also provides
communications services, including residential high-speed internet,
phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast
network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original
content, and has exclusive content rights. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com or more information.
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