Comcast Offers Gigabit Speeds Over Coax in Philadelphia Trials Comcast today stated that the company has installed the first DOCSIS 3.1 residential cable modem as the company gears up for next years broader launch. While DOCSIS 3.1 was should ultimately be capable of 10 Gbps down, 1 Gbps up, the first wave of devices will initially support 5 Gbps down, 2 Gbps up. In a blog post, Comcast states that they conducted their first successful test of gigabit DOCSIS 3.1 speeds in a customer home in Philadelphia.

"All we needed was a new modem, a software upgrade to the device that serves that neighborhood, and a few good engineers," states the company. In addition to Philly, Comcast says it's conducting trials over the next few months in other portions of Pennsylvania, Northern California and Atlanta. The company states that before the end of 2016 it will offer gigabit speeds over coaxial in "several parts" of the country. "The beauty of DOCSIS 3.1 is that it is backwards compatible, so no digging up streets or backyards," says Comcast of the upgrade. "This technology, when combined with the extensive upgrades we have already completed on our advanced Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial network, will provide more gigabit choices for our customers." Comcast unveiled the company's new DOCSIS 3.1-capable modem and gateway Comcast unveiled the company's new DOCSIS 3.1-capable modem and gateway back in May . Obviously it's too early for pricing details, but Comcast's 2 Gbps Gigabit Pro service (which is pure fiber to the home) is currently priced at $300 a month with $1000 in installation and activation fees.







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philmiami

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Miami, FL 21 recommendations philmiami Premium Member So I can blow past my 300GB CAP FASTER!!! Comcast is a MONOPOLY and I wish they would allow LOCAL GOVERNMENTS to put fiber in here in MIAMI

then lease the lines to Crapcast

It sucks either I gotta get Crapcast or slow-as-snail-mail DSL smk11

join:2014-11-12 5 recommendations smk11 Member "While DOCSIS 3.1 was should ultimately be" My head was should hurts. davidhoffman

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Warner Robins, GA 4 recommendations davidhoffman Premium Member Where the heck are the real old school reporters? Once again it is put out that the trial will be with 5 down and 2 up, but that the final system will be 10 down and 1 up. Hundreds of technical journalists should be breaking down the doors of Comcast demanding to know why the final up is half of the trial up. There should be a huge consternation in the WWW about this issue. The D3.1 specs were designed for a 10 down to 1 up ratio, so the final should actually be 20 down and 2 up. This is completely illogical and no journalist is holding Comcast accountable for the statements they are making.

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Colorado Springs, CO 2 recommendations NOCMan Premium Member Monopoly Laws need to be rewritten Saying you have 2 internet companies when one of them is not capable of providing adequate speeds DSL = dialup today. Should not be a basis of saying they have competition. Competition should be considered valid when incumbent providers have similar capabilities.

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O Fallon, IL 2 recommendations Red Hazard Premium Member One Customer A whole one?

tshirt

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Snohomish, WA 2 recommendations tshirt Premium Member D3.1, cables killer app.... ...and NOW we see the dawn of a new era, where cable easily dominates speeds over a foot print FTTH can't match

Cable plants pass 93% of US homes (>100million+) more the 85% were D3.0 ready in 2014 and easily become D3.1 capable so within a couple years you could see more 80 million + Available upto 5/2.

while all ftth plants together pass less than 8 million.

"Comcast unveiled the company's new DOCSIS 3.1-capable modem and gateway back in May. Obviously it's too early for pricing details, but Comcast's 2 Gbps Gigabit Pro service (which is pure fiber to the home) is currently priced at $300 a month with $1000 in installation and activation fees." the big advantage here is without "the digging"/rewiring of the last mile the install is going to be pretty cheap. and really fast, once the local actives are switched out/ the node is ready and new modems are usually plug and play.

I'm fairly sure pricing will include any "unmetered fee" at least in the upper tiers.