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JuSun/Getty Images I never thought this would happen, but Xfinity is wheedling its way into my affections. Or, at least, out of my disaffections. Also: Switching to better internet? Do these 5 things before you change ISPs Sometimes the Comcast company has truly tested my patience — and not just mine. Whether it’s customers who […] More

HPE When I was a kid, I went to a science camp, and one of the instructors showed us a few inches of fiber optic cable. I remember thinking it was so neat that you could light it up at one end, and no matter how you twisted the cable, you could see the light […] More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETIf you’re a Comcast Xfinity Internet customer, you may have gotten a nice surprise recently — faster internet for no charge.And for some users, your new speed is double the speed you had previously.In a press release about the upgrade, Comcast noted several changes had occurred. The Connect level doubled from 75Mbps to 150Mbps, the Connect More tier went from 200Mbps to 300Mbps, the Fast tier went from 400Mbps to 500Mbps, and Xfinity Prepaid jumped from 50Mbps to 200Mbps.Also: 10 ways to speed up your internet connection todayThe company made a similar move in the fall of 2022.According to Emily Waldorf, Comcast’s senior vice president of consumer internet services, the changes come as Congress debates ending the Affordable Connectivity Program, which allows certain eligible households to receive a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service. More

Get a free Nintendo Switch when you sign up for the Verizon 5G Home Plus internet plan right now. CNETIn honor of this month’s Mario Day, Verizon is offering up a Super Mushroom-sized deal for new customers: If you sign up for a Verizon 5G Home Plus or LTE Home Plus plan More

<!–> Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images When I started using the internet in the 1970s, my business used a 1.544 megabits per second (Mbps) T1 connection. At home, I was lucky to have a 1,200 baud connection that delivered 1.2 kilobit per second (Kbps).  We’ve gotten much faster since then. However, since January 2015, the Federal Communications […] More

Get a free Nintendo Switch when you sign up for the Verizon 5G Home Plus internet plan right now. CNET In honor of this month’s Mario Day, Verizon is offering up a Super Mushroom-sized deal for new customers: If you sign up for a Verizon 5G Home Plus or LTE Home Plus plan<!–>, you’ll get […] More

<!–> CERN In 1989, the internet was already years old, but it looked nothing like it does today. The internet we use today owes much of its look and feel to Sir Tim Berners-Lee’ and his creation, the World Wide Web. The web’s launch can be traced back 35 years to Berners-Lee’s paper, Information Management: […] More