Comcast announced an important step toward deliver residential gigabit Internet speeds over its existing plant by installing what it claims is the world’s first DOCSIS 3.1 modem on a customer-facing network.
The deployment last month at a home in the Philadelphia area used the standard Comcast cable connections and along with a new modem an a software upgrade to the device that serves that neighborhood.
Comcast said it plans to introduce a gigabit speed choice in several U.S. markets before the end of 2016.
- In May 2015, Comcast unveiled its first DOCSIS 3.1 modem capable of delivering speeds greater than 1 Gbps. The Gigabit Home Gateway will be the company’s first product to integrate software that Comcast acquired in its 2014 purchase of PowerCloud. It also uses open-sourced RDK B software, architected by Comcast with contributions from many in the RDK community, which will help us introduce new features faster and address issues more efficiently; similar to what has been done with X1.