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Comcast advertising “10G” in hopes to confuse consumers to accept slower speeds::Comcast says Xfinity offers 10G home internet, but the term "10G" is hazy and potentially misleading—especially because it has no relation to 5G for cell phones.

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[–] BombOmOm 175 points 1 year ago (29 children)

Even when they use industry-standard terms, like Mbps, they don't even advertise their upload speed (because it is piss-poor).

[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Can confirm.

I use Xfinity since they have a monopoly on our area and we don't really have any other choice. It costs $70/month for 100mbps DOWNLOAD. and it's about 8mbps upload.

American ISPs are literally the devil

[–] AlaskaMan 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here in Alaska you can have a cell line, 500mbps, and unlimited data for $125.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AlaskaMan 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

500 down, maybe 50 up but I’d have to go check.

Edit: $110/mo for 500 down / 20 up, 600gb monthly cap before throttling.

Their only unlimited data plan is actually $185/mo. 2.5gbps download, 75 mbps upload.

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