July 07, 2015
Gene J. Puskar/for PhillyVoice
In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, a Comcast logo is displayed on an installation truck in Pittsburgh.
Comcast announced a change to its Internet service Tuesday that doesn't mean extra money out of your pocket.
On Tuesday, the Philadelphia-based company said it would be increasing Internet speeds for many customers in its Northeast division, free of charge.
Many of those who will be receiving the quicker Wi-Fi are subscribers to one of Comcast's Triple-Play packages. For them, download times will increase from 25 Mbps (megabits per second) to 75 Mbps.
In addition, customers using Comcast's Blast! package, a premium residential Internet service, will see their speeds increase from 105 Mbps to 150 Mbps.
The company says the increase in speeds will not incur any additional costs to service.
A spokesperson for Comcast told the Philadelphia Business Journal that this isn't good news for everyone. Customers who subscribe to the company's most basic packages will not see an increase in speeds.
