Enlarge / Comcast’s xFi Advanced Gateway. Getty Images | Jeff Fusco reader comments 75 with 65 posters participating Share this story Comcast announced today that it has tested “the final technical component necessary to deliver multi-gigabit symmetrical speeds” and said it’s on track to deliver multi-gigabit download and upload speeds to at least some cable… Read More: Comcast promises huge boost to cable upload speeds by end… »
reader comments 77 with 59 posters participating Share this story James, a Cox cable-Internet customer in Irvine, California, got an unwelcome email on Tuesday from the Internet provider. Cox’s email told James, who pays $80 a month for broadband, that his 30Mbps upload speeds will soon be reduced to 10Mbps. A Cox spokesperson told Ars… Read More: Cox cuts some users’ uploads from 30Mbps to 10Mbps—here’s how… »
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Pasieka) Comcast’s cable Internet still has a heavy emphasis on download speeds, as even its gigabit-download service only comes with 35Mbps uploads. But that may not be the case forever, as today Comcast announced a “technical milestone” that can deliver gigabit-plus download and upload speeds over existing cable wires. Specifically,… Read More: Comcast says gigabit downloads and uploads are now possible over… »