Ookla: Comcast and Charter Mobile Speeds Rocketing
Download speeds of Comcast's and Charter's mobile services have increased more than 100 Mbps in the past two years, driven by the cable operators offloading some traffic onto their Wi-Fi networks, Ookla said Tuesday. Ookla examined 2023 and 2024 internet…
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speed test data for the two cable operators. Charter Spectrum Mobile customers have seen median download speeds go from 84.35 Mbps to 188.63 Mbps, it said. Comcast Xfinity Mobile users saw download speeds increase from 66.60 Mbps in Q3 2023 to 170.39 Mbps a year later. Hardware improvements, such as Comcast upgrading its network from DOCSIS 3.1 to DOCSIS 4.0, and the ongoing replacement of older handsets with newer ones, will continue to result in better customer experience, it said.