Ambitious Cox Gigabit Broadband Plans Revealed

Cox Communications provided details about the plans for deploying gigabit broadband service that Cox CEO Pat Esser initially revealed in late April -- and although Cox isn’t the first cable operator to announce gigabit broadband plans, it is inarguably the most ambitious.

According to the announcement, Cox plans to roll out gigabit Internet speeds across all of its markets nationwide, beginning with new residential construction projects and new and existing neighborhoods in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Omaha. The announcement says Cox “will begin market-wide deployment of gigabit speeds by the end of 2016.”

Cox also said it plans to double the speeds on its most popular Internet tiers for all customers. This includes customers that currently receive 25 Mbps and 50 Mbps service -- and according to Cox, those two service tiers represent more than 70% of the company’s high-speed Internet customers.