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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 5:45 PM

Inconsistent Upload speeds

Long story short, we recently switched to Comcast business from residential because not a single tech on that side was able to remedy my issue with inconsistent upload speed. I work from home as a full time content creator on twitch, youtube and facebook. My streams drop out 5-10 times in a 2-3 hour window and this incredibly frustrating. It worked okay for the few 2 days or so, and now we are right back to where I started before even getting business class. I'm at my wits end with this, I can't get another ISP because fiber is not active here yet. I'm desperate, I need someone to once and for all fix my issue, we are paying for the 500 down/200 up speeds and my speed on the downstream is fine, it's always working as it should but the upstream is absolutely horrible. Sometimes it is okay but most times it is not. It'll shoot up to 180mbps then drop down all the way as far as 0.09mbps. I need someone to fix this, now, today, at this very moment, thanks for reading.

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12 days ago

Thank you for taking the time to reach out to us on our Business forums. Let's get the upload fluctuation you've been experiencing figured out and fixed. Please send us a direct message with your full name, business name, full address, and phone number. By clicking the "message" icon in the upper right page of our forum page. Once you click on that, input our shared handle (Comcast Business) to send us a private message.

 

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• Click the "Direct Message" icon in the top right corner

• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

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Thank you for the reply, I have followed instructions and hope to get this resolved asap.

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11 days ago

Just an update for anyone who comes across this, I am now having to wait another 36 hours (as of this writing) for scheduled maintenance and a technician visit. As of the writing of this post, my upload speed is reaching just below 5mbps. I am paying more money for less speeds and even worse service, I'm stuck because NO OTHER company offers high speed internet where I live. I will update this post again as soon as possible.

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Are you located in Michigan by chance? I'm having the same issue. 

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SaycredAngel, Hi! Thanks for reaching out. I understand that you are experiencing the same upload speed issue. As a customer myself, I know all about the inconvenience that this has caused. I am sorry to hear about this experience. Please don’t worry. You are connected to the right team of experts, and we will be more than happy to help you over social media. To get started, have you tried troubleshooting the internet speed concerns with our Comcast Business app yet? If so, what results does it pull for you?

 

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@SaycredAngel​ I'm in Florida. I do have an update as well, techs came out and it was noted that there is alot of noise in the line, 2 of my 4 channel ID's for upload speed have alot of noise so that's the reason for the spikes in speed and crashing as well. Maintenance was here this past Tuesday morning at 1am (neighborhood workers) and they'll also be here again on Thursday morning around the same time. At this point, the speeds have improved are a bit more stable as they chase down whatever noise is in the line, HOPEFULLY a resolution will be here sooner rather than later. This has been an ongoing problem since early last year (2023) when we got put on the mid-split, and now because I can get a business account are they sending actual techs out here to try and remedy the problem. I'll once again update when this issue is resolved.

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@user_338ef3​ Thanks for getting back to me. My issues started in July when I too upgraded from residential to business and I am a fulltime content creator on twitch as well.  They are coming back out today to do more testing on the lines.  My uploads were also dropping a lot within a 2 to 3hr window and it seemed to happen mostly at night between the hours of 8 to 11pm est.  Good luck and hopefully we both can get this resolved ASAP especially for what we pay for the business class. 

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@Comcast_Gabriel​ yes and I'm getting my 1.2gb download and 45 upload, but still having intermittent issues with drop frames on the upload speeds.  Equipment and lines have been replaced at my location.  I have a feeling there is a bunch of noise on the line or a node issue. The other night it was super windy and rainy and the upload drops were even worse.  

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6 days ago

Techs were in the area since 9am today. Outages were on and off and I'm happy to report that my speeds are currently 220+maps upstream! I have one more tech coming out tomorrow to verify that all work is completed near me, I will update this thread once that is complete!

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6 days ago

Techs are back out here again today, unfortunately I was not able to stream last night, they didn't get done working until after 7pm. I believe they're still here working because service was in and out (with notice via the App) until 1145am. My upload speeds as of now are topping out at 23.5mbps consistently, which is a start so I'm hoping that they remove the cap soon and I get my 200mbps back soon. Will follow up with another update after the tech visit tonight.

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@user_338ef3​ Great to hear it's slowly getting back where it should be. The tech are back out in my area again today working on things.  I had very few frame drops last night.  I use to never get frame drops in OBS, so hopefully they find out the issue soon with the dropped upload speeds. 

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@SaycredAngel​ have you tested your upload speed? Does obs show dropped frames or do you just notice when your stream drops out?

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2 days ago

Quick update, the issue with the upstream was that a local "plant node" was damaged, mostly due to the hurricanes down here in the south. After 10 days of chatting with support and getting techs and maintenance to look into the problem, I am finally able to stream per normal. My signal to noise ratio on the upstream was around 27-28 and it needs to be closer to 35, also make sure that any tech that works on your line, from the tap to your house, they remove any attenuators because those also cause issues with upstream! If there are anymore updates I will post them here, if nothing else happens then my internet is working FINALLY after 18 months and a change to business class internet!