Cox Promises National Gigabit Rollout; Starting With Phoenix, Las Vegas, Omaha 129
As reported by the (variably paywalled) Wall Street Journal, Cox Communications is joining AT&T (and, of course, Google) in building out more gigabit connections to U.S. households. The company "became the biggest U.S. cable operator to commit to rolling out a gigabit-speed broadband offering to all its residential customers, starting this year, the latest sign that the push for ultrafast broadband speeds sparked by Google Inc. is gaining traction throughout the industry. ... [Cox president Pat Esser] said Cox's plan isn't contingent on whether towns and cities offer any sweeteners to Cox to make the rollout easier. Two years ago, Google's ability to get discounted and free services from Kansas City as it constructed its fiber service raised the hackles of local incumbent operators, including Time Warner Cable and AT&T. AT&T has indicated it is interested in getting similar concessions from towns as it rolls out its gigabit speeds." After the three Western and Mid-Western initial cities (Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Omaha) next year, other cities served by Cox should start getting the speed upgrades in 2016. (Similar but briefer story at Light Reading.)
In addition to rolling out... (Score:5, Interesting)
1Gb with conditions... (Score:4, Interesting)
- if you torrent[even over encryption] they will send >=90 sec RSTs every 5 minutes forever...
- SMTP in/out will be blocked so no email servers without ugly hacks and middleware.
- it will almost certainly be capped, unless the price is >$100 per month...and even then it might be anyway.
Having said all that Cox is still among the best of the worst. But competition to stagnate and wring the customer for every penny is fierce in the ISP business.
It's Cox, they're lying (Score:4, Interesting)
And even if they weren't lying and actually made the service available, they'll put a 5Gig cap on your data and charge a small fortune for more.
Thing with Cox.... (Score:4, Interesting)
Just moved, and Cox was my only option for internet. Currently paying about $100/month, at 150mbps down / 25mbps up. While I absolutely love the bandwidth.... I'm on the same 400GB cap that all of their residential service is stuck at. Takes next to no time at all to burn through that. (Yes, legally. What a shock. Steam / Netflix / Streaming.)
I hope that they bump up their data cap along with the gigabit rollout!!