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Mediacom Unveils Billion Dollar Plan to Deploy Gigabit Service

Mediacom has unveiled a $1 billion initiative it claims will bring gigabit broadband to "nearly all" of the company's customers. According to the cable operator, "Project Gigabit" will use DOCSIS 3.1 technology to bring gigabit speeds to the 3 million homes and businesses in Mediacom's overall footprint, which covers roughly 1,500 markets in 22 states.

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The first wave of DOCSIS 3.1 certified devices were just approved by CableLabs, and deliver potential top speeds of 5 Gbps downstream and 1 Gbps upstream -- with symmetrical options in the pipeline.

"Unlike some other 1-Gig providers whose services are limited to selected neighborhoods and/or are relying on federal, state or local taxpayer subsidies, Mediacom will invest its own money to make gigabit speeds available to essentially all of the residences and businesses along its network," the company says of the offering.

According to the company's announcement, the first wave of Project Gigabit communities should come online as early as the fourth quarter of this year, though it's obviously too early to know what Mediacom intends to charge for the service.

"From the time we acquired our first cable system in March 1996, Mediacom's focus has always been to offer the smaller communities we serve the same communications and video services that are available in America’s largest cities," the company said of the announcement.

"Project Gigabit will allow us to go even further by giving our customers access to one of the fastest broadband networks in the world."

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Lukie21029
@teksavvy.com

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Lukie21029

Anon

Whats the point of Gig Speeds with Usage Caps

Until usage caps are abolished then what's the point - congratulations you've hit your monthly bandwidth limit in 2 minutes :/