CoCo Minneapolis and Comcast Business Announce Partnership to Provide Startups and Entrepreneurs 1 G

CoCo Minneapolis and Comcast Business Announce Partnership to Provide Startups and Entrepreneurs 1 Gigabit Ethernet Connection

High-Performance Ethernet Services Enable CoCo Entrepreneurs to Access Ultra-fast Internet Speeds

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Comcast is partnering with Minneapolis-based CoCo coworking and collaborative space to provide dedicated one-gigabit fiber network connectivity to CoCo's growing entrepreneurial community, including its downtown location in the historic Minneapolis Grain Exchange and a new Uptown site that opens today.

The Comcast partnership gives CoCo members access to an entirely new level of Internet bandwidth, once only available to larger businesses. The Comcast one-gigabit fiber connection is hundreds of times faster than outdated legacy technology and is symmetrical to provide equally fast upstream feeds, allowing the kind of bandwidth necessary to meet the most demanding applications.

This cutting-edge resource demonstrates Comcast's commitment to the entrepreneurial ecosystem and its dedication to helping foster business growth and innovation in the Twin Cities.

"The Twin Cities is among the most connected metropolitan markets in the country, due largely to the major investments we've made in our metro-wide fiber optic network," said Jeff Freyer, Regional Vice President for Comcast Twin Cities Region. "The resources we're providing CoCo and their clients through this one-gigabit connection are a perfect example of the kind of scalability we've built into our infrastructure to serve businesses of all sizes - as well as our residential customers - with a full suite of innovative and affordable products and services."

Freyer continued, "We appreciate the opportunity to partner with CoCo and are excited to empower today's technology entrepreneurs with this ultra-fast internet connectivity."

CoCo serves more than 500 members across three locations in the Twin Cities, including Lowertown St. Paul, downtown Minneapolis and now in the growing Uptown neighborhood. CoCo's membership consists of startups, freelancers, consultants, and increasingly, mobile corporate workers.

"The high-bandwidth, low-latency connection goes a long way to even the playing field with much larger businesses and tech centers with huge resources," said Spark software engineer and CoCo member David Middlecamp. "The symmetric bandwidth supports creators of content and services, rather than just content consumption, and facilitates working remotely across the globe, or collaborating across millions of connected devices."

"This is the type of resource many of our entrepreneurs need in order to develop new technology and grow," said founding partner Don Ball. "At CoCo, we always need more bandwidth, so this type of resource is a huge opportunity for our members. We appreciate that Comcast is leading by example in supporting startups and mobile workers."

About CoCo Minneapolis

CoCo is a community for tech and creative entrepreneurs, independent businesses and corporate workgroups. We offer inspiring environments where they can gather, share ideas, team up on projects and get work done. A CoCo membership is an alternative to working from home, the cubicle farm or the local coffee shop.

About Comcast Business

Comcast Business, a unit of Comcast Cable, provides advanced communication solutions to help organizations of all sizes meet their business objectives. Through a modern, advanced network that is backed by 24/7 technical support, Comcast delivers Business Internet, TV and Voice services for cost-effective, simplified communications management.

The Comcast Business Ethernet suite offers high-performance point-to-point and multi-point Ethernet services with the capacity to deliver cloud computing, software-as-a-service, business continuity/disaster recovery and other bandwidth-intensive applications. Comcast Ethernet services are significantly faster than standard T1 lines and other legacy technologies, providing scalable bandwidth from 1 Mbps up to 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) in more than 20 major US markets.

For more information, call 866-429-3085 or visit http://business.comcast.com/enterprise.

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About Comcast Cable

Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to businesses and residential customers. Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

Comcast
Mary Beth Schubert, 651-493-5775
Vice President, Corporate Affairs,
Comcast Twin Cities Region
Marybeth_schubert@cable.comcast.com

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