Comcast Ups Web Speeds in the West

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has increased Internet speeds for residential customers in Portland, OR; Salt Lake City; Seattle; and the Denver metro area and Colorado Springs.

Specifically, the company has increased the downstream speeds of three service tiers: "Performance" now offers speeds up to 50 Mbps, up from 25 Mbps; "Blast" is now 105 Mbps, up from 50 Mbps; and "Extreme 105" has been bumped to 150 Mbps. The improvements come at no additional cost to the customer and will go into effect automatically over the next few days.