Comcast to Introduce World’s First DOCSIS 3.1-Powered Gigabit Internet Service in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, & Nashv...
February 02 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
DOCSIS 3.1 Technology Delivers Gigabit Internet
Speeds Using the Connections Already in Customers’ Homes
Comcast today announced it plans to introduce the world’s first
DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit Internet service to residential and
business customers in Atlanta and Nashville in early 2016, with
Chicago, Detroit, and Miami to follow in the second half of the
year. The new network technology will, for the first time, make it
possible for Xfinity and Comcast Business Internet customers to
receive gigabit speeds over the communications lines that most
customers already have in their homes and offices.
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Comcast today announced it plans to
introduce the world’s first DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit Internet
service to residential and business customers in Atlanta and
Nashville in early 2016, with Chicago, Detroit, and Miami to follow
in the second half of the year. (Photo: Business Wire)
Last month, Comcast announced it had successfully installed its
first DOCSIS 3.1 modem in Philadelphia, and one was installed in
Atlanta a few days later.
“We’re constantly working to ensure that our customers get the
fastest speeds available, and that they get them first,” said
Comcast Central Division President, Bill Connors. “DOCSIS 3.1
represents a tremendous step forward in our commitment to keeping
customers at the technology forefront. Combined with all the
upgrades we have already put into our advanced fiber optic-coax
network, this technology will not only provide more gigabit speed
choices for customers, it will also eventually make these
ultra-fast speeds available to the most homes in our service
areas.”
Last year, Comcast launched its residential fiber-based
multi-gigabit service – Gigabit Pro – in metro Atlanta, making it
the first market to receive the company’s 2-gigabit symmetrical
service. Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Nashville, and several other
markets were added over the following months, and Gigabit Pro is
now available to 18 million homes across Comcast’s national
footprint. The company has also increased Internet speeds for
residential customers 16 times in the last 14 years, and it
provides the fastest in-home and outdoor service over Wi-Fi, the
method most consumers prefer to access the Internet.
While DOCSIS 3.1 modems have been tested extensively in labs and
simulated network environments, the Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit,
Miami, and Nashville rollouts mark the first time these devices are
being more widely connected to Internet users’ homes and offices
using standard cable connections and the company’s existing cable
plant.
The consumer introduction of DOCSIS 3.1 marks a major step
forward in the evolution of ultra-high-speed broadband. Because the
new network technology allows consumers to receive gigabit Internet
speeds over an existing connection, it has the potential to make
ultra-fast speeds available more widely than fiber-to-the-home
services, which typically require new construction and specialized
installations. Once Comcast’s rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 is complete in
a market, customers with gigabit-capable devices will be able to
get the service by signing up for a new plan and just plugging in a
new modem.
About Comcast Cable:
Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed
Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the
XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses.
Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network
that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings
customers personalized video, communications and home management
offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media
and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
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