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MANCHESTER, Conn., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications announced the launch of Cox Ultimate Internet to residential and business customers in Connecticut, powered by DOCSIS 3.0 technology. The Ultimate Tier allows for download speeds of 50 Mbps and upload speeds of 5 Mbps (up to 55/5 with PowerBoost™). The download speed is the fastest available in the area, which considerably ...

Among large cable MSOs, Charter may be slightly behind the curve in their transition to DOCSIS 3.0. That’s about to change. On their 1Q10 earnings conference call, they revealed plans to roll DOCSIS 3.0 service to 50% of their systems by year end 2010. Their ...

Augusta, Ga. (April 12, 2010) --- Knology Internet service in Augusta is now faster than ever due to a free upgrade to the DOCSIS 3.0 platform. Existing and new Knology customers will enjoy download and upload Internet speeds that put the Augusta market on a competitive level equal to that of the most technologically advanced markets in the nation. Officially launched ...

Suddenlink announced today they have launched a cable broadband service with max speeds of 107 Mbps. “Based on our research, we believe this residential download speed to be the fastest available in the U.S. today,” said Suddenlink ...

TWC is Bringing Faster Services to its Residential Customers in parts of North Texas, with complete area coverage launching in the coming months DALLAS, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Time Warner Cable today announced its fastest Internet experience yet with the launch of Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet in North Texas. The announcement was made by Robert Moel, regional vice president ...

Cable companies have been busy recently. They are moving with some element of precision in building a 'perfect competitive storm' of sorts. In so doing,  they are laying the ground work for some tough times ahead for their telco competitors, absent an effective response. Cable is leading the assault with ...

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his ‘100 squared’ initiative at a speech delivered to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) today. The ‘100 squared’ concept aims to deliver broadband capable of 100 Mbps to 100 million homes by 2020. The ...

Suddenlink, the St. Louis, Mo based cable MSO, is accelerating their DOCSIS 3.0 strategy. They doubled their D3 footprint in 2009 and now reach 23% of homes passed with the ultra fast broadband service. Suddenlink has approximately 1.3 million customers in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, ...

Cable companies see DOCSIS 3.0 (D3) as one of the main weapons in their competitive arsenal. D3 uses ‘channel bonding’ to dramatically increase broadband speeds (both downstream and upstream, but not symmetrically) offered over cable modem service. Cable companies are rolling out D3 products in ...

SUWANEE, Ga., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS ( ARRS) announced today that Sunflower Broadband, an MSO serving the state of Kansas, has deployed ARRIS Touchstone® WBM 750 wideband modem service to customers in Lawrence, Eudora and other rural Kansas communities. Sunflower Broadband plans to complete its DOCSIS 3.0 rollout to the remainder of its systems by the end of first ...