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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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