Comcast doubling Arkansas internet speeds for two plans - KATV - Breaking News, Weather and Razorback Sports

LITTLE ROCK – Comcast announced it is increasing the speeds of two of its most popular internet plans in Arkansas for no additional cost.

XFINITY Blast! and Extreme 50 speeds will double and "Performance" plan speeds are expected to increase by more than 60 percent in April.

"As customer demands and technology evolve, we continue to increase our broadband speeds to deliver the best, fastest and most reliable Internet experience possible for our customers," said Tim Collins, Comcast Regional Senior Vice President.

Specifically, the Blast! plan is increasing download speeds from up to 25 Mbps to speeds up to 50 Mbps and upload speeds from up to 4 Mbps to up to 10 Mbps. Extreme 50 customers will receive download speeds up to 105 Mbps (formerly 50 Mbps) and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps (formerly 15 Mbps).

The Performance plan is increasing to speeds up to 25 Mbps from 15 Mbps downstream and to 5 Mbps from 2 Mbps upstream.

To activate the new speeds when they become available, customers just need to re-start their cable modems.­