His internet has been slow for 6 months. So, he paid Comcast to upgrade his tier.
Speeds got worse.
He called Comcast again. They blamed his router. He bought a new one. Still slow.
He called a third time. They sent a technician out. The tech ran a speed test from inside the modem and said:"Speeds are fine on our end. Must be your devices."
A neighbor who works in IT came over the next weekend with his laptop.
He looked at the router for two minutes, opened the admin panel, and pointed at four settings on the screen.
"Comcast pushed a firmware update last year. They enabled all four of these silently. This is why your internet is slow. This is why every Comcast customer's internet got slower around the same time."
Here's exactly what he found and turned off. 🧵
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2000 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
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2002 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
2003 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
2004 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
2005 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
2006 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
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2008 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
2009 ⟶ ☪️ Islam
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2013 ⟶ ☪️ Islam....see thread