Comcast planning gigabit cable for entire US territory in 2-3 years

The VP of Comcast said to FierceCable that the company is planning to replace the entire Comcast cable network by its DOCSIS 3.1 technology in next two years. Comcast’s intent is to scale their network through their footprint over the next 12 months, with the force behind it seeing the company upgrade its entire network over two years, with areas that Comcast already serves receiving 1Gbps speeds.

Howald spoke about the plans to Fierce Cable.

Executives from CableLabs, the company that designed the DOCSIS 3.1 standard, said that the 3.1 standard can transmit data up to 10 Gbps – however, those speeds are only possible with ideal network configurations and equipment. The goal, it seems, is to have 1Gbps be the starting point, with speeds eventually eclipsing that.

CableLabs said it has successfully completed four equipment interoperability events (interops) related to DOCSIS 3.1 and is now open to product certification submissions for the technology. Furthermore, Comcast will roll out enhancements and make tweaks after the technology is deployed. Gigabit Pro, which was first announced in Atlanta earlier this year, offers customers symmetrical 2Gbps speeds, making it twice as fast as Google Fiber. Which markets will be included in the trial run were not specified, but the project will kick off in the fourth quarter of 2015. He said the technology shift will enable Comcast to provide 1 Gbps service on its Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) network.

Comcast has started its 2 GBps internet services to a certain parts, but still the people from other parts of US don’t have any idea about this super fast internet services.