Comcast Doubles Net Speeds for Northeast Customers
Date : 23 Oct 2008 Category : Technology
NewsFactor NetworkComcast's service will be up and running in the next few weeks, according to the company, and will be available to millions of residential homes and businesses in parts of New England, including Boston and southern New Hampshire, plus Philadelphia and New Jersey.
'Just the Beginning'
Comcast has been working on the new specification for nearly two years while it was under development by Cable Laboratories Inc., a nonprofit research and development group formed by multiple cable companies.
"We have continuously enhanced our speed offerings for our customers for years," said Charlie Douglas, a Comcast spokesperson. "Ten years ago, fast was 1.5 Mbps. Today, we're now offering 50 Mbps speeds, and that is just the beginning of what wideband is capable of -- in the future, we'll be able to offer 160 Mbps or more."
"Where these new speeds are available, consumers of our six Mbps Performance tier or our eight Mbps Performance Plus tiers will not have to do anything but restart their modems to get the complimentary speed upgrades to 12 Mbps and 16 Mbps, respectively," Douglas added.
Customers or prospective customers can go to the Web site and enter their zip codes and see if the new speeds are available in their areas.
Comcast's Ultra service offering up to 22 Mbps of downstream speed and up to five Mbps of upstream speed costs $62.95 per month for residential customers.
And for those seeking even greater speeds, Comcast's Extreme service with 50 Mbps costs $139.95 monthly for residential customers and $189.95 for businesses.
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