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Comcast
increases
internet
speed
for most
customers
in
Michigan
•
Faster
download
speeds
for
Performance,
Blast!,
Extreme
and
Extreme
Pro
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
PLYMOUTH,
MI -
Comcast
is
increasing
download
speeds
for some
of its
most
popular
Xfinity
Internet
packages
for
customers
in
Michigan.
Download
speeds
for the
company’s
Performance
tier
will
jump
from 60
Mbps to
100
Mbps,
while
Blast!
speeds
will
increase
from 150
to 200
Mbps,
Extreme
will
move
from 250
to 300
Mbps,
and
Extreme
Pro will
be
upgraded
from 400
to 600
Mbps.
About 85
percent
of
Comcast’s
Internet
customers
in
Michigan
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
Michigan.
Over the
past two
years,
Michigan
Comcast
subscribers
on
average
have
seen
their
speed
increased
by more
than 50
percent.
Today’s
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.
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.
“Modern
homes
require
fast
Internet,
wall-to-wall
Wi-Fi,
and a
way to
manage
the
connectivity
needs of
the
entire
household,”
said Tim
Collins,
regional
senior
vice
president
for
Comcast
in
Michigan.
“To keep
up with
our
customers’
needs we
are
giving
them
increased
speed,
coverage
and
control
to
support
the
growing
number
of
connected
devices,
apps and
tech in
their
homes.”
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.
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/).
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