Customers in Colorado Springs will have access to upload and download speeds of up to 2 Gbps as Comcast rolls out the world’s first deployment of DOCSIS 4.0 technology.
Later in the year, select areas of Atlanta and Philadelphia will also benefit from the upgrade.
“The ubiquity of our network, which is already accessible to tens of millions of homes, provides us with an incredible opportunity to bring multi-gigabit upload and download speeds to communities across the country with the scale and efficiency that no other provider can replicate,” explained Dave Watson, President & CEO, Comcast Cable. “Our connectivity experience, powered by the Xfinity 10G Network, will allow us to deliver speeds up to 10 Gbps over our traditional network to virtually all our customers, plus even better reliability, lower latency, and the best in-home Wi-Fi coverage. We’re entering the next phase of this industry leadership with DOCSIS 4.0 technology to introduce X-Class Internet products that will revolutionize the way our customers get online today and many years into the future.”
Comcast already offers a symmetrical 10 Gbps service based on fibre-to-the-home technology in all of its markets.
New and existing residential customers connected via DOCSIS 4.0 will have access to Comcast’s newly introduced next-generation X-Class Internet portfolio. This features ‘X-Class speed tiers’ of X-300 Mbps, X-500 Mbps, X-1 Gbps and X-2 Gbps upload and download speeds. This means a low lag on sports streaming and ultra-responsive gaming.
“The enhancements that we have been making to our network over the past few years have been foundational to creating an award-winning network architecture that is fully virtualized and capable of delivering these exciting capabilities to our customers,” said Elad Nafshi, Chief Network Officer, Comcast Cable. “This is an awesome achievement and I’m incredibly proud of the team of brilliant technologists here at Comcast who have worked relentlessly to make DOCSIS 4.0 a reality ahead of schedule.”
The DOCSIS 4.0 launch is the latest world first to come out of Comcast. In 2022, Comcast conducted a world-first live trial and connected a business location in the Philadelphia region to its live network including a DOCSIS 4.0-enabled 10G node and multiple cable modems. In February 2023, the company announcing its latest Xfinity 10G Network upgrade launched to 10 million homes and businesses.
