for promoting a 10G Network when the company does not offer plans with 10 Gigabits-per-second speed.
That’s fast enough for most users right now. Comcast’s 1 Gbps plan, the site says, supports downloading a full HD movie in a few minutes, updating a smartphone’s operating system in seconds, and joining video conferences with ultra-high definition video. All of Comcast’s internet plans, including the lowest-speed 50 Mbps Internet Essentials plan offered for free to qualifying poverty-level households, are on the Xfinity 10G Network, the site says., an innovation hub that develops technology shared by the global cable industry.
When will that happen? “The industry is working closely together on a new generation of 10G-ready gateway platforms, silicon and other technologies that will support the rollout in the next few years,” CableLabs says. Friedman countered that Comcast’s Xfinity website “is very clear about the speeds we’re offering.” Comcast developed the 10G Network brand name, he said, “to recognize what we’ve done and where we’re going in the future.”