Comcast will roll out multi-gig internet speeds in 2023

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Comcast announced that it has begun a nationwide rollout of multi-gig Internet speeds that will be available to more than 50 million homes and businesses by the end of 2025.

Comcast said it will begin offering 10G-enabled symmetric multi-gig service in 2023, and it will be the largest and fastest multi-gig deployment ever in the United States.< /p>

The new speeds will be paired with Comcast's multi-gig Wi-Fi experience, which offers the combination of speed, coverage and control, powered by one of the world's first 6E Wi-Fi gateways.< /p>

As part of this initiative, Comcast is accelerating its network transformation to a virtualized cloud architecture fully prepared for 10G and DOCSIS 4.0.

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As part of this initiative, Comcast is immediately rolling out download speeds of up to two gigabits per second, combined with download speeds of up to five times to ten times faster, to millions of homes and businesses. companies.

It will be available in 34 cities and towns by the end of 2022, more than 50 million homes and businesses by the end of 2025, and will continue across the entire Comcast network.

Initial deployments are already underway in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Augusta, Georgia; and Panama City Beach, Florida, with other regular launches through the end of the year.

For Xfinity customers, the company extends new multi-gigabit network speeds throughout the home with the 6E Multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi Gateway, xFi Connected Home Platform and xFi Pod Wi-Fi Extenders .

For Comcast Business customers, the company is delivering blazing-fast business Wi-Fi speeds with a new multi-gig enabled gateway. And it complements the basic technical foundation of 10G, which will deliver symmetric multi-gig speeds over connections already installed in tens of millions of homes and businesses.

Comcast is finalizing the transition to a virtualized, cloud-based network that enables faster speeds, provides greater reliability for customers, and implements a network architectural update that enables greater download and streaming capacity. download. And it creates multi-gig capabilities that can reach everyone connected to Comcast's network, not just certain neighborhoods and customers.

"We're making our network even smarter and faster, allowing us to rapidly deliver true multi-gig Wi-Fi to tens of millions of business and residential consumers at an unprecedented rate," said said Charlie Herrin, president of technology. , product and experience at Comcast Cable, in a statement. "Whatever the application, whatever the future, our world-class whole-home Wi-Fi network and experience will be there and ready to power all of our customers' connected experiences."

In anticipation of faster network speeds, Comcast earlier this year launched its latest 6E Wi-Fi Gateway, one of the first in the world to support multi-gigabit symmetric Wi-Fi. For business customers, Comcast Business also launched a new ultra-advanced multi-gigabit gateway earlier this year.

Over the past few years, Comcast has made the transition to digital networking technology, powered by virtual...