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Download speed suddenly less than 1% of plan max speed
My internet speed (down) suddenly dropped today for some reason... my plan is for up to 1000 Mbps but it is currently less than 10 according to various speed tests (including the xfinity one). It will briefly return to normal after rebooting my modem, but only for a few minutes before slowing back down to being barely usable. The virtual assist has been pretty useless as it just keeps saying my modem is offline or not connected and only offers to 'help' reboot it. Any attempts to get it to do anything other than that just seem to confuse it.
I've tried all the usual troubleshooting steps to no avail. I also toook a look at my modem logs (Motorola MB8611) and am seeing a few 'critial' entries, including the following:
- UCD invalid or channel unusable
- SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing
- No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
- Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out
- Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out
BruceW
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26 days ago
Network connection problems like this are often due to poor coax connections or damaged coax cable, usually in or near your home. Running the cable through a surge protector, a defective splitter, or too many splitters can cause signal problems as well. If there is an amplifier in the line make sure it's getting power.
If you want to troubleshoot this yourself, please see Internet Troubleshooting Tips. If you still need help, please post the following information from your modem (from http://192.168.100.1):
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If you can't find the problem or you'd rather have Comcast take care of it and an employee does not respond to your message here, call them at the phone number on your bill or 1-800-Comcast, or use one of the options on https://www.xfinity.com/support/contact-us/. It's not likely they can fix the problem remotely. If not, insist they send a tech out to identify the cause and correct it.
If the tech finds bad coax, splitters, amplifiers, or connections in your home (even if Comcast originally supplied them) you'll probably have to pay for the visit (approx $100) unless you have their Service Protection Plan ( https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/service-protection-plan, closed to customers that don't already have it). If the trouble is due to a faulty Comcast rental device or anything outside your home you shouldn't be charged.
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BruceW
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26 days ago
Tough call. The downstream power levels are just a bit too high, but may be OK if they are stable. Likewise, the upstream power levels are also a bit too high, but may be OK if they are stable. But fluctuations of just a few dBmV would put the levels out of spec. Also, the number of Event Log entries and the channel ID 193 error counts seem way too high for just 38 minutes of operation. And for reasons which have never been made clear, many users have reported poor performance with the MB8611.
If you are not able to improve the connection quality yourself, then as stated above, you might need to have Comcast/Xfinity send out a tech to diagnose and correct the problem.
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user_hvcboi_scott
4 Messages
26 days ago
Thanks for taking some time to look at this and provide some feedback @BruceW... I did see a lot of reports of issues with this particular modem while looking up things to try and diagnose/troubleshoot the issue on my own earlier so I'm thinking about just replacing it, even if it has worked pretty well without any issues for the past two years or so... maybe it's begun to fail in some way.
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user_hvcboi_scott
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25 days ago
Well, I replaced the modem and speeds are back to expected, so I guess that's that!
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