SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast today
announced it will launch Extreme 250, a new 250 Mbps Internet speed
tier for California
customers. The company also will increase its Performance
tier from 50 Mbps to 75 Mbps and its Blast tier from 105 Mbps to
150 Mbps, both at no additional cost to customers. These
changes will all go into effect starting in May and continue
throughout the year.
In addition, Comcast will roll out its residential multi-gigabit
broadband service to nearly three million California homes starting in June.
Gigabit Pro is a symmetrical, 2 Gigabit-per-second service
that will be delivered via a fiber-to-the-home solution and offered
to customers in the Chico,
Fresno, Marysville/Yuba
City, Merced, Modesto, Monterey, Sacramento, Salinas, San
Francisco Bay Area, Santa Barbara
County, Stockton and
Visalia metro areas*.
"This is Comcast's 15th speed increase in 13 years. We are proud
to boost our existing speeds and most importantly introduce
new Internet tiers like the Extreme 250 and Gigabit Pro that will
allow our California customers to
do more online, across multiple devices," said Hank Fore, Regional Senior Vice President of
Comcast Cable's California Region. "We will continue to look
for opportunities to increase speeds to not only stay ahead of
customer demands, but also to provide a wide range of options that
meet customer needs."
Gigabit Pro will be available to homes within close proximity of
Comcast's fiber network and will require installation of
professional-grade equipment. The company has fiber at the
core of its network and, for the past decade, it has invested
billions of dollars to extend that fiber deeper into neighborhoods
and closer to homes. To date, Comcast has built out more than
145,000 route miles of fiber across its service area, including
throughout California, to serve
residential communities with a fiber to the home solution.
Comcast has been doubling the capacity of its network every 18
months. Additionally, the company has been delivering
multi-gig (up to 10 Gbps) Ethernet service to businesses in
California since 2011.
Comcast first announced Gigabit Pro in Atlanta earlier this month.
About Comcast Cable:
Comcast Cable is the
nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to
residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides
these services to businesses under the Comcast Business brand.
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, CMCSK) is a global media and technology
company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
* The new Internet speeds mentioned throughout this press
release will not launch in the following areas: Arbuckle, Coalinga, Cool, Gustine, Huron, Isleton, Le
Grand, Lodi, Maxwell, Planada, Rio
Vista, Santa Cruz,
Santa Nella, Scotts Valley and Williams.
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