Comcast Now Nation’s Largest Provider of Gigabit Internet
October 18 2018 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
Nearly 58 Million Homes and Businesses Have
Access To Gigabit Internet Service; Represents Fastest Deployment
to the Most Locations in the Country
Comcast announced that it is the nation’s largest provider of
gigabit broadband, with the ultra-fast Xfinity Gigabit Internet and
Comcast Business Gigabit services now available to nearly all of
the company’s 58 million homes and businesses passed in 39 states
and the District of Columbia. This deployment represents the
fastest roll out of gigabit speeds to the most homes in the
country. Comcast has increased speeds 17 times in 17 years and has
doubled the capacity of its broadband network every 18-24
months.
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Comcast announced the availability of
Xfinity Gigabit Internet to nearly all 58 million homes and
businesses served across the company’s footprint. (Photo:
Comcast)
“Comcast continues to offer an unmatched Internet experience
that combines gigabit speeds with wall-to-wall WiFi, personalized
tools and controls, and enough capacity to stay ahead of tomorrow’s
innovations,” said Dana Strong, President of Consumer Services,
Comcast. “We’ve built an innovative high speed data platform that
combines speed, coverage and control features and really sets our
broadband experience apart from the competition.”
Comcast's residential broadband service is powered and
controlled by Xfinity xFi, a digital dashboard that personalizes,
monitors and manages WiFi connected devices in the home. Consumers
now can add xFi Pods, small, easy to install extenders that plug
into any electrical outlet, pairs with xFi Wireless Gateways, and
help customers create a mesh network that extends coverage to
hard-to-reach areas of their home. Additionally, Comcast Business
provides multi-gig speeds to business customers in
Comcast’s footprint – whether an enterprise with
locations across the country that needs multi-gigabit speed or
a small business with only a handful of locations.
Outside the home, Xfinity Internet customers also have access to
more than 19 million WiFi hotspots, so they can stay connected on
the go at no additional cost.
Comcast’s residential Xfinity Gigabit Internet service uses the
existing network connections that are already in most customers’
homes. Installation is easy and requires no special construction or
digging up lawns. In many cases, customers don’t need a service
visit, as the broadband equipment comes with a simple
self-installation kit.
Gigabit service is among a wide range of speed offerings
designed to support the personal needs of customers. Today, 75
percent of Xfinity Internet customers choose plans with speeds of
100 Mbps or more, double the speed those customers took just three
years ago.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation
services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand.
NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable
networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television
production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
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