Comcast Kicks Off Nation’s Largest Multi-Gig Network and WiFi Deployment, Will Begin Offering Symmetrical Multi-Gig Speeds in 2023
08 Septiembre 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Multi-Gig Internet Speeds Rolling Out Now in
Markets Across the Country, Will Reach More than 50 Million Homes
and Businesses Before End of 2025
Launch of Even Faster, 10G-Enabled Multi-Gig
Symmetrical Speeds Will Begin in 2023
Comcast today announced it has begun a nationwide rollout of
multi-gig Internet speeds – that will reach more than 50 million
homes and businesses before the end of 2025 – making it the
largest- and fastest-ever multi-gig deployment in the United
States. New speeds will be paired with Comcast’s multi-gig Wi-Fi
experience, which delivers the industry’s best combination of
speed, coverage, and control, powered by one of the world’s first
Wi-Fi 6E Gateways.
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As part of this initiative, Comcast is accelerating the
transformation of its network to a virtualized cloud-based
architecture that is fully prepared for 10G and DOCSIS 4.0.
Comcast will begin offering 10G-enabled multi-gig symmetrical
services in 2023.
Under this initiative Comcast is:
- Immediately rolling out download speeds up to 2 Gigs – combined
with up to 5x-to-10x faster upload speeds – to millions of homes
and businesses; available in 34 cities and towns before the end of
2022; more than 50 million homes and businesses by the end of 2025;
and continuing throughout the entire network. Initial rollouts are
already underway in Colorado Springs, CO; Augusta, GA; and Panama
City Beach, FL, with more launched at a regular cadence through the
end of the year
- For Xfinity customers: extending new multi-gigabit network
speeds throughout the home with the multi-gig-capable Wi-Fi 6E
Gateway, xFi connected home platform, and xFi Pod Wi-Fi
extenders
- For Comcast Business customers: Delivering ultra-fast Wi-Fi
speeds for businesses with a new multi-gig capable gateway
- Completing the core technical foundation for 10G, which will
deliver multi-gig symmetrical speeds over the connections already
installed in tens of millions of homes and businesses
- Finalizing transition to a cloud-based, virtualized network
that enables faster speeds, greater reliability for customers,
while also implementing a network architectural update that enables
greater upload and download capacity
- Building multi-gig capabilities that can reach everyone
connected to Comcast’s network, not just select neighborhoods and
customers, just as Comcast has done with previous network
improvements
- Improving energy efficiency, helping Comcast become carbon
neutral by 2035
“We’re making our network even smarter and faster, which allows
us to quickly deliver true multi-gig Wi-Fi to tens of millions of
businesses and residential consumers at an unprecedented pace,”
said Charlie Herrin, President of Technology, Product, Experience
at Comcast Cable. “Whatever the application, whatever the future
holds, our network and world-class, whole-home Wi-Fi experience
will be there and ready to power all of our customers’ connected
experiences.”
In preparation for faster network speeds, earlier this year,
Comcast launched its latest Wi-Fi 6E Gateway, one of the first in
the world to support multi-gigabit symmetrical Wi-Fi. For business
customers, Comcast Business also launched a new, ultra-advanced
multi-gigabit gateway earlier this year.
Over the past several years, Comcast has been transitioning to
digital network technology – powered by a virtualized platform –
that delivers greater reliability and increased performance. With
it, rather than maintaining, updating, and replacing traditional
analog network appliances by hand – which can take days or even
weeks – Comcast engineers can reliably maintain, troubleshoot, and
upgrade core network components almost instantly, with a few
keystrokes on a laptop or mobile app. This also makes the network
much more energy efficient and is an important element of Comcast’s
plan to become carbon neutral by 2035.
Because Comcast is evolving its entire network architecture,
equipment, and customer devices, it’s uniquely positioned to
deliver these advancements in speed, reliability, and performance
to everyone it serves, not just a select few. And because much of
this work is powered by software, these changes can be made with
far less disruption to customers than other technologies.
DELIVERING FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE
INTERNET AT LIGHTNING SPEEDS
In addition to the immediate performance boost, this work also
accelerates the transition to DOCSIS 4.0 and 10G. Powered by DOCSIS
4.0, 10G will deliver multi-gig symmetrical speeds to tens of
millions of people over the connections already installed in their
homes and businesses, without the need to dig up yards and
neighborhoods, or pick and choose who gets faster speeds and who
doesn’t. The technical updates included in the initiative announced
today are a necessary precursor to Comcast’s 10G deployment.
Thanks to this work, Comcast plans to start launching
10G-enabled multi-gig symmetrical speeds to customers in the second
half of 2023. That work will happen on a parallel path with the
introduction of the faster speeds launching now.
Over the past 24 months, Comcast has made significant advances
in 10G technology, including several world firsts. The company has
conducted successful tests of all the technical components
necessary to deliver 10G speeds to customers and is now looking
forward to beginning live trials.
“10G will deliver so much more than just speed,” said Elad
Nafshi, EVP & Chief Network Officer at Comcast Cable. “The
digitization and virtualization work we are doing today is already
enhancing our customers’ connected experiences and delivering
better performance.”
About Comcast
Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company that connects people to moments that matter. We
are principally focused on connectivity, aggregation, and streaming
with 57 million customer relationships across the United States and
Europe. We deliver broadband, wireless, and video through our
Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky brands; create, distribute, and
stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through Universal
Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio Group, Sky Studios,
the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, multiple cable networks,
Peacock, NBCUniversal News Group, NBC Sports, Sky News, and Sky
Sports; and provide memorable experiences at Universal Parks and
Resorts in the United States and Asia.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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