Broadband services provider WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone announced it has successfully launched a pilot program in its Panama City market using Distributed Access Architecture nodes to expand the capability of its hybrid coaxial fiber network and deliver multi-Gig speeds at competitive prices to customers.
By leveraging the most advanced DAA technology, WOW!’s service capabilities move closer to customers, resulting in improved performance and a faster, more capable network. This technology is being tested to expand the HFC network, laying the framework for DOCSIS 4.0 and symmetrical multi-gig services enabling WOW!’s next-generation 10G network of the future.
“As we plan for the ever increasing consumer demand for bandwidth, our goal is to proactively enhance our network and offer customers our most advanced technology at any given time,” said Gary Nilsen, senior vice president, access networks at WOW!. “In addition to delivering greater capability and HSD speeds, the technologies being tested will help minimize the need for future upgrades. We look forward to further validating the enhanced capabilities of our network with this trial in Panama City.”
Participating customers will benefit from 2 Gbps download speeds and 200 Mbps upload speeds. This phased approach to these enhancements will become available to both current and new subscribers in additional markets in the near future.
“WOW! has had a strong presence in Florida for many years and it’s important to us to ensure our legacy markets are getting the fastest, highest quality service we have to offer,” said Henry Hryckiewicz, CTO of WOW!. “The trials in Panama City are an essential step in our broader plan to expand the capability of our network, in a very cost effective manner, for our legacy markets across the Midwest and Southeast.”
Source: https://bbcmag.com/broadband-provider-launches-new-technology-pilot-program-in-panama-city-florida/