Quick answer
Should you have a backup 4G, 5G, Starlink, or cable internet connection?
Yes — every internet connection goes down, including Starlink, which drops for ~34 minutes a day on average. A backup connection from a different provider means one outage never takes you fully offline. The most common options are a 4G/5G cellular hotspot, a cable or DSL line, or a second satellite dish.
4G/5G cellular
Works anywhere. Just a SIM or hotspot — no installation needed.
Learn more →Cable / DSL
Best for fixed locations. Different network, so outages rarely overlap.
Learn more →Second Starlink
Adds redundancy and throughput for remote sites or heavy usage.
Learn more →Speedify bonds any two connections into one — automatic failover, more speed, no dropped calls.
Try free →Speedify
Speedify gives you faster, steadier internet by combining Wi-Fi, cellular, and Starlink
Speedify bonds Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, and Starlink into one connection at the same time, giving you more speed, automatic failover when one drops, and AES-256 encryption on every link.
Download Speedify ›More speed
Upload and download speeds combine across every active connection on your device.
Automatic failover
If a connection drops, Speedify moves your traffic to another in milliseconds. Calls stay connected.
Always encrypted
Every link runs through an encrypted tunnel, including public Wi-Fi, cellular, and Starlink.
Speedify Feature · Pair & Share
Speedify Pair & Share: share cellular between your devices, both ways
Most hotspots give. Speedify's Pair & Share gives and takes. Two devices running Speedify pair up and each uses the other's cellular connection simultaneously, so you both get faster uploads, faster downloads, and a steadier connection. No extra hardware, no new data plans, no setup beyond a tap.
Learn how Speedify's Pair & Share works ›More speed
Every device you pair with adds its cellular to yours, and yours to theirs.
Stays connected
If a paired device drops out, Speedify keeps you online on the remaining links.
Always private
Every shared connection runs through AES-256 encryption. Your traffic is yours.
No new gear
Runs on devices already running Speedify, over your local network. Pair once, reconnects automatically.
Comcast has already claimed that the public hotspots will not leech from customers’ paid bandwidth or slow down their Internet in any way. But, either Comcast is flat out lying about their claim, or more likely, the Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot and your home network use entirely different channels to the Internet. And the answer matters, because if they’re using your bandwidth, you should opt-out of letting Xfinity run a hotspot on your cable… but if this is extrabandwidth, then you should figure out how to use it.
Speedify is our new channel bonding service, that lets you combine any number of available Internet connections to enjoy an Internet speed boost. Can we use Speedify to answer where the Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot bandwidth comes from? And if it’s extra bandwidth, can we use it?
If we can, it’ll be a pretty sweet way to turn what a lot of bloggers have been calling, “an egregious monopolistic overreach” into something positive for you. That kind of talk always gets us interested. So we took the Xfinity Home WiFi Hotspot for a spin.
| Speedtest.net Download Results |
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| Home WiFi | 17.75 Mbps |
| Xfinity Public WiFi | 25.67 Mbps |
| Both Bonded | 36.93 Mbps |
Clearly by bonding the two connections together, Speedify found me an extra 11 Mbps that we didn’t know we had. So, there really is extra bandwidth in your Internet connection that Comcast is saving for other users. But, with Speedify you can take Xfinity’s public hotspot lemons, and turn it into lemonade with even faster Internet.
Get started with Speedify today!
With Speedify you can combine Wi-Fi, 4G / 5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellites into one bonded super-connection to improve livestreaming, video calling, gaming, web browsing, and everything else you do online.
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Alex and the Speedify team are always exploring the latest in networking and security technology—like 5G, 6G, WiFi 7, laser and satellite internet—and sharing it in new discussion content across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn every week.
Got a tech question? Let's go deeper! Pop into Speedify Office Hours live every Wednesday at 10 AM Eastern. Speedify CEO Alex Gizis and our network engineers are standing by to break down your questions about networks, tech updates, and Speedify features.
