Comcast User Rigs Raspberry Pi to Tweet When Internet Speeds Slow

Hate information technology when your Cyberspace speeds drop below what you pay for? Yous're not alone.

One Washington, D.C.-based Reddit user came upwardly with a clever solution to make his Internet service provider, Comcast, aware of the problem. The user, who goes by the handle AlekseyP, rigged a tiny Raspberry Pi to automatically tweet at Comcast when his Internet speeds drop "significantly" below what they should exist.

In a Sunday Reddit mail, AlekseyP explained that he pays Comcast for 150mbps down and 10mbps up, just is oftentimes unsatisfied with the speeds he actually gets. So, he gear up a Raspberry Pi to run a serial of speed tests every hour, and shop the data. Whenever the downwards speed drops beneath 50mbps, the bite-sized estimator uses a Twitter API to automatically tweet at Comcast with the results. Check out the stream here.

Hey @Comcast why is my internet speed 31down\9up when I pay for 150down\10up in Washington DC? @ComcastCares @xfinity #comcast #speedtest
— AComcast User (@A_Comcast_User) Feb 1, 2022

"I know some people might say I should not exist lament nearly 50mpbs downwardly, but when they advertise 150 and I go x to 30 I am unsatisfied," AlekseyP wrote.

To its credit, Comcast has replied asking AlekseyP for his account number and address to look into the event, though normally "hours later the speeds have returned to normal," he said. AlekseyP admitted he has not followed up with the cable and Internet giant, even so.

"I practise not want to [be] singled out as a customer; all their customers deserve the speeds they annunciate, not just the ones who are able to call them out on their BS," AlekseyP wrote.

Comcast did not immediately respond to a request for annotate.

This commodity originally appeared on PCMag.com.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fitness and smart home products. Instruction yoga for near x years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fettle trackers, centre rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength grooming machines, treadmills, and more. Angela too tests smart dwelling house devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.