Fiber expansion increases access to Ethernet, Internet, Voice and Cloud Services, helps accelerate growth of existing area businesses and attract new ones… Number of Xfinity WiFi hot spots passes 7,000 in Elgin, South Elgin… Comcast announced today that the company has added nearly two miles of fiber optic network in Elgin, IL, near Interstate 90 […]
First Central Illinois Xfinity Store to Open in the Levee District in East Peoria
Visitors will be able to get hands-on demos of Xfinity’s innovative TV, High-Speed Internet and Voice services, as well as Xfinity Home, Comcast’s home security and automation platform… Comcast will open its first Xfinity retail store in Central Illinois in East Peoria this fall. To be located at 426 W. Washington St. in the Levee District, […]
Reji Tharakan Promoted to Regional Vice President of Engineering for Comcast
Tharakan focused on supporting growing bandwidth demand, new innovations from Comcast and initiatives to enhance the customer experience… Reji Tharakan has been promoted to vice president of Engineering for Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region (GCR), which spans Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan. In his new role, Tharakan will lead the 170 members of the regional […]
Comcast to offer multi-gig Residential Internet Speeds in Champaign-Urbana, along with Hundreds of WiFi hot spots downtown and near U of I
Champaign-Urbana among first Midwest markets to get new Gigabit Pro 2Gbps Internet service; Xfinity WiFi network reaches more than 12,500 hot spots in Champaign County… Comcast announced plans to offer a new 2 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) broadband Internet service called “Gigabit Pro” to residential customers in Champaign-Urbana and other locations in the company’s Greater Chicago Region, […]
Comcast Begins Rollout of Residential 2 Gig Service in Greater Chicago Region
Gigabit Pro Available Later this Month to 2.4 Million Customers in Markets across Illinois and Northwest Indiana… Comcast today announced it will offer residential multi-gigabit broadband service to more than 2.4 million customers across several markets in the Greater Chicago Region starting later this month. Gigabit Pro is a symmetrical, 2 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) service that […]