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Osirus
Aspirant
Oct 08, 2020

CM700 Downstream Light blinking

Purchased a new CM700 and activated (via online) with Comcast.  Before I had Arris SB6580 and had download speed of >150 mpbs, now I am getting <90 mpbs with blinking download stream light. Here is ...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 10, 2020

What speeds do you pay for? 

both upload and download. 

Who's your isp?

 

Osirus's avatar
Osirus
Aspirant
Oct 10, 2020

I paid for 75 mbps download and 25 mbps upload.  My ISP is comcast.

 

While download is better than expected, upload is slightly lower.

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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 10, 2020

    I have no idea how the sbg8250 is getting 180mbps. sometimes ISP's overprovision but its usually only 10-20%. Not 200%+

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    Osirus
    Aspirant
    Oct 10, 2020

    Yeah, it's a mystery.  I have searched everywhere on the web for an answer and no one seems to have an answer.

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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 10, 2020

    Makes me curious if they provisioned it wrong.