South Florida Comcast Upgrading To DOCSIS 3.0 – Though Comcast mothership remains quiet about plans…

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5 Mar 2008

As we just got done saying, Comcast has been pretty tight lipped about DOCSIS 3.0 deployment plans, officially only saying they’ll have 20% of their footprint wired with the speedier connectivity by the end of this year. While corporate PR isn’t commenting on launch markets, smaller Comcast markets apparently didn’t get the memo. Comcast South Florida has announced they’re preparing to upgrade to DOCSIS 3.0:

Comcast/South Florida is also making modifications to its network to prepare for the roll out DOCSIS 3.0 in 2009. DOCSIS 3.0 is a revolutionary new broadband system allowing for up to 100 Mbps (megabits per second) download speeds. . . “This new service will revolutionize the way our customers use their computers. With all the emphasis being put on streaming video and gaming, DOCSIS 3.0 provides a virtual superhighway of internet speed for our customers that will be hard to match by any competitors in our market,” said Lopez.

As Light Reading notes, South Florida should see a U-Verse launch sometime this year, but the 10Mbps offered won’t compete with DOCSIS 3.0. AT&T has repeatedly stated they’ll start offering faster channel-bonded speeds, but that launch has been consistently pushed back. 2009 should be an interesting year for broadband — as long as you live in a major deployment market.
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June 12th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

[...] upgrade to the spec this year. The company is expected to have 20 percent of its footprint — including, apparently, south Florida — running DOCSIS 3.0 by the beginning of 2009. Other operators are biding their time and, [...]