Comcast Plans Rollout of Residential 2 Gig Service in Oregon and Southwest Washington
May 21 2015 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Gigabit Pro Available Soon to More than 650,000
Customers
Also Introduces New 250 Mbps Internet Service
Tier
Comcast today announced it will roll out its new residential
multi-gigabit broadband service to more than 650,000 customers
later this year. 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 throughout Comcast’s footprint in Oregon and
Southwest Washington.
In addition, Comcast will launch Extreme 250, a new 250 Mbps
Internet speed tier for local customers.
“Broadband technology is critical for many across Oregon and
Southwest Washington, and we’re delighted to offer our customers
new Internet tiers like the Extreme 250 and Gigabit Pro that will
allow them to do more online, across multiple devices,” said
Rodrigo Lopez, Regional Senior Vice President of Comcast Cable’s
Oregon and Southwest Washington Region. “We will continue to
increase speeds to stay ahead of customer demands and to provide a
wide range of options that meet customer needs.”
“Across Oregon and Southwest Washington we depend on broadband
to fuel innovation, information and entertainment,” said Sandra
McDonough, Portland Business Alliance President and CEO. “The
introduction of 2 Gig residential speeds by Comcast is an
incredibly positive development for people who live, work and play
throughout the region.”
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 Oregon
and Southwest Washington, to serve residential communities with a
fiber-to-the-home solution.
Comcast has invested heavily over the past decade in its network
and infrastructure across the Oregon and SW Washington service
area, 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 this area since 2011.
Comcast is currently testing DOCSIS 3.1, a scalable, national,
next-generation 1 Gbps technology solution with plans to begin
rolling it out in early 2016. When fully deployed, it will mean
almost every customer in Comcast’s national footprint will be able
to receive gigabit speeds over the existing network (a combination
of both fiber and coax). For more information, please see
http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/imagine-where-2-gigabit-speeds-will-take-you.
Comcast has announced Gigabit Pro rollouts in Atlanta,
California, Chattanooga, Chicago, Florida and Nashville and plans
to roll out to more cities throughout the year.
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.
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