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COMCAST's new DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit internet service debuts in Detroit

DOCSIS 3.1 Technology Delivers Gigabit Internet Speeds Using the Connections Already in Customers’ Homes

By Harold Meeks via Tell Us USA

DETROIT (Tell Us USA) – Comcast 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.

In January, 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.”

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.

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.
 



 

 

 
   
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