Technology.am (Apr. 28, 2009) — Cablevision Systems Corp. will start offering the fastest home Internet service available from any cable or phone company in the United States next month.

Cablevision has announced today that they will be offering all 3 million of their subscribers the option to upgrade to much speedier new DOCSIS 3.0 cable Internet, offering download speeds of 101 Mbps and upload speeds of 15 Mbps for a cost of $99.95 per month.

Cablevision, the Bethpage, N.Y.-based cable and Internet service provider plans to roll out the service across its entire market starting May 11 to all 5 million of the people in areas served by Cablevision, mainly in the New York City suburbs.

The company also plans to double the downstream speed of its Wi-Fi Internet service up to 3 Mbps for free. Cablevision offers wireless Internet at several Wi-Fi hotspots in New York’s Long Island, Connecticut and Westchester service areas, and in parts of New Jersey.

Cablevision is deploying a new technology called Docsis 3 which can utilize more of the capacity of a cable television system for data, offering both higher capacity and lower costs.