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Gigablast - Falsely Advertised Speeds

Not your typical rant about how the speeds aren't a Gigabit down or anything. No no, I'm talking about literally advertising one speed and my account saying I'm paying for another. 

I had previously held out on upgrading to Gigablast because the Upload speed was only 35Mbps. I was already on Ultimate getting 300 down and 30 Up, so I figured that while yes, the download is better, realistically I wasn't going to see that much of an improvement in my every day usage since your results will obviously be dependent on who is hosting what you're downloading, and I would only be getting 5Mbps better Up, which is honestly a margin of error. 

However the other day I saw that Gigablast was being advertised as up to 940Mbps Down and up to 1Gbps Up. I hopped on it immediately because that's effectively a Gig Down and Up, which is a great connection. 

Download is a little lacking - hitting about 600 on my hardwired desktop, but that was to be expected, honestly. What really got me was my Upload is hard set at 35Mbps. I checked my account, and when I go to "Upgrade Service" I see that I'm on the "Gigablast Internet" Plan. Clicking on the Full Details shows me the speeds that were advertised to me when I upgraded. Screenshot of what I see:

https://imgur.com/poSwcsH

Digging deeper, though, when I go elsewhere under my account I find that the service details state I'm only getting that 35Mbps I wanted to avoid earlier:

https://imgur.com/1bS9eXJ

So what gives? I only upgraded because it was literally advertised to me as effectively a Gigabit connection each way. After I sign up, though, I'm seeing I actually am only getting a fraction of that. Has anyone else had this experience? Who do I contact to get this rectified?

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up to both ways & why i opt for 300/30 plan......300+/30+ both sides whether rj-45 or wi-fi.

35up is advertised for gigablast

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35 Up is not what is advertised, is my point. 

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@Bttruman, The Gigablast upload speeds will vary depending on location. In your location, 35up is the max. -Allan, Cox Support Forums.

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Good Morning Allan, 

I can understand if a service is not available in my area, but I cannot tolerate blatantly being lied to. There is no language to indicate that my max speed is limited to 35 Mbps Upload before actually purchasing the service. 

I'll direct you to my first screenshot on the original post. There are no asterisks or notes otherwise on the full details of my internet plan that would indicate this limit. This is the exact page I saw when I upgraded. How am I as a customer to know this limit is there before signing up? I feel this is blatantly unfair and deliberately misrepresentative. 

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a gig both directions, that's wishful hoping!!

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Having worked at an ISP (not COX) before I can tell you what they always told us to tell customers. "It's up to that speed, your speeds may not reach that for *insert variety of reasons here*". Hey look there it is!

I'm not saying it's not bull but that's really all you're going to get out of them.