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Comcast launched its new Xfinity Wireless Gateway Friday,...

Comcast launched its new Xfinity Wireless Gateway Friday, and increased the speeds for two of its Xfinity Internet plans, it said in a press release. “Today, there are nearly six connected devices for every U.S. home with Internet service and…

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that is only going to increase in the future, which is why we continue to increase speeds on a regular basis,” said Comcast Senior Vice President-Data Rob Slinkard. Comcast said the Xfinity Wireless Gateway combines a wireless router, cable modem and voice adapter into a single device, and uses the 5.0 GHz channel to provide transfer speeds of up to 270 Mbps. Comcast also said its “Blast!” plan increased from “25 Mbps to 50 Mbps downstream and from 4 Mbps to 10 Mbps upstream,” while its “Extreme 50” plan increased from “50 Mbps to 105 Mbps downstream and from 15 Mbps to 20 Mbps upstream."