Comcast's gigabit internet should be widely available by 2018

[JordanWearinThe45]

Don't despair if you're a Comcast customer jonesing for super-fast gigabit internet access -- it'll come your way eventually. The cable company's network architecture VP explains to FierceCable that the broadband technology needed for this kind of service (the DOCSIS 3.1 standard) should reach Comcast's entire customer base within two to three years, or no later than 2018. The current goal is to finish the rollout within two years, he says.

It'll initially top out at 'just' 1Gbps for most customers (Gigabit Pro's 2Gbps is still an outlier), so there won't be an incentive to ditch Google Fiber if it happens to reach your neighborhood first. However, DOCSIS 3.1 can scale up to 10Gbps in ideal conditions. Even if it falls short in real life, that still means that a compatible cable modem (due in early 2016) could give you multi-gigabit downloads in the future. Whether or not the service will be worthwhile is another matter. Those breakneck speeds won't matter much if they're priced out of reach for most people, such as the $300 per month that you pay for Gigabit Pro. So long as the costs come down, though, this could be the move that brings truly quick internet connections to a large swath of the American public.

Comcast's gigabit internet should be widely available by 2018

Them cost better come down tho, I aint paying $300 a month I dont give a fukk how fast it is.

 

[Tunez]

We will be dead by that time

 

[GreenGrass]

Reality, they can probably do it tomorrow but just don't want too. They make more money like this.

 

[ORDER_66]

$300 A MONTH????

Comcast

 

[Dolla$]

GOAT cable company

 

[Alaafin]

I'll be on google fiber next year
comcast need to

 

[Numpsay]

Why would any of you need 2Gbps up/down in your home?

 

[ORDER_66]

GOAT cable company

Do you live in new york???

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

I'll be on google fiber next year
comcast need to

Lucky mahfukka

 

[Regular_P]

No chance I'll pay $300 for that shyt. :smhkobe:

 

[Rigby.]

Why would any of you need 2Gbps up/down in your home?

Why would anyone NEED internet period?
It's about optimum experience
imagine not having to wait for shyt ever no matter what it is
if that doesn't make you sit down and say it's worth it nothing will

 

[Dolla$]

Do you live in new york???

Jerz

 

[Numpsay]

Why would anyone NEED internet period?
It's about optimum experience
imagine not having to wait for shyt ever no matter what it is
if that doesn't make you sit down and say it's worth it nothing will

I can't think of a single use of my current usage that would require such a thing.

But go ahead and pay $300 a month to feel like you are getting the optimum experience. I'm sure thecoli pages will load faster for you.

 

[Rigby.]

I can't think of a single use of my current usage that would require such a thing.

But go ahead and pay $300 a month to feel like you are getting the optimum experience. I'm sure thecoli pages will load faster for you.

Are all yall illiterate or what? Comcast clearly trying to debut THEIR service on a global scale later when the cost can be lessened. Gigabit pro =\= what comcast is trying to do

 

[Numpsay]

Are all yall illiterate or what? Comcast clearly trying to debut THEIR service on a global scale later when the cost can be lessened. Gigabit pro =\= what comcast is trying to do

This post is funny on many levels to me. If anything I'm more than aware of what Comcast goals are.