Comcast Boosting Speeds for more than 20 Million Xfinity Internet Customers Across the Country

Comcast is boosting internet speeds for more than 20 million of its Xfinity broadband customers, doubling the download rate on one of its lower tier plans and increasing the speed by 33% on two others. All told, it is bumping up speeds on five service tiers across its territories. Users on Comcast’s Performance/Connect More plan (the name varies by region) will see the biggest jump, with their download rate doubling from 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps. Speeds on the base Performance Starter/Connect plan are getting a 50% increase from 50 Mbps to 75 Mbps. Both the Performance Pro/Fast and Blast/Superfast plans will get a 33% increase, with the former jumping from 300 Mbps to 400 Mbps and the latter from 600 Mbps to 800 Mbps. Meanwhile, the Extreme Pro/Gigabit plan will increase from 900 Mbps to true 1 Gbps speed.