Comcast Brings High-Speed Broadband to Underserved Commercial Areas In Nearly 100 Washington State C
Comcast Brings High-Speed Broadband to Underserved Commercial Areas In Nearly 100 Washington State Cities
Construction to begin in Bellevue, Kitsap and Renton
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Comcast Business, one of the nation's leading providers of information and communications products and services to companies, today announced a major state-wide expansion of high-speed broadband to underserved commercial areas in nearly 100 cities throughout Washington state.
"The Puget Sound region is widely known as a technology hub. However, there are many commercial areas that suffer from lack of 'last mile' access to high-speed Internet," said Matt Fassnacht, Vice President of Comcast Business for Washington. "This expansion will enable companies from all corners of the state to grow and expand, and attract economic investment."
Comcast Business's expansion includes building to businesses that have specifically requested Comcast's services as well as to expand fiber optic lines to areas to encourage future growth. Immediate plans include "proactive" builds in commercial areas of Bellevue, Kitsap County and Renton to offer high-speed broadband and fiber-based Ethernet services for local businesses of all sizes. Additional expansions will follow throughout 2014.
"We welcome this timely investment in Kitsap's communication infrastructure - the backbone of our growing knowledge based economy - it's like adding HOV lanes to Kitsap's already solid information highway," said John Powers, executive director of the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance. We know businesses need access to high-speed broadband in order to grow and prosper. This investment will help ensure we continue to have the critical infrastructure upgrades to attract new jobs and even more economic opportunities in Kitsap."
Comcast Business is targeting network expansions in small geographic areas that are underserved and could benefit from access to broadband. Construction is scheduled to start this fall and continue throughout 2014.
"Imagine expanding a two-lane highway to a six-lane highway so it carries more traffic at faster speeds," added Fassnacht. "This expansion will bring businesses greater transmission capacity at some of the fastest Internet speeds in the country."
About Comcast Business
Comcast Business, a unit of Comcast Cable, provides advanced communications 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 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 T-1 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.
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About Comcast Cable
Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers 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.
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