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Our Network

We’re building a next-generation connectivity experience with a simple purpose: connect our customers—now and in the future—to more of what they love.

Our network is the result of years of investment and innovation that continues to get smarter, faster and more reliable. It delivers a next-generation broadband experience to millions of homes and businesses to support the increasing demands of our customers today, and in the future.

10M+

Homes and businesses with speeds faster than a gig.

1B

Our customers connect nearly a billion devices a year.

700K+

Network diagnostic speed tests performed most days.


For years, we’ve made strategic investments in building capacity to meet our customers’ current needs and stay well ahead of future demand. Connectivity is the center of our customers’ lives, so we’ve built a network that combines gig speeds with wall-to-wall WiFi coverage in the home, and more than 23 million outdoor hotspots to provide the speed, coverage and control they need, wherever they go. Since 2018, we’ve funded the largest network upgrade in the United states, including:


$20B+

Investing more than $20 billion to evolve and grow our network over the last 5 years

+50K

Built 50k new route miles of fiber into our network

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Nation’s Largest WiFi Network

Comcast’s WiFi network is the largest of its kind in the nation, with more than 23 million WiFi hotspots. It’s available in outdoor and business locations, all of which can be found online.


We’re on a multi-year mission to make our network stronger and smarter. From our engineers in the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia, to network software developers in Denver and Silicon Valley, to response teams in every city and town we serve – we are united by one mission: to continuously improve our customers’ connected experiences with faster speeds, more capacity and greater reliability, all backed by industry leading, and award winning, technology.

 
 
 
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Smart Network
Comcast engineers have developed the Comcast Octave platform that checks 4000 telemetry data points on more than 50 million modems across the network every 20 minutes and applies AI and machine learning to seamlessly optimize our internet delivery, make our network even faster and more reliable down to the household level.
 
 
 
An Xfinity Advanced Gateway
Next-Gen Devices
We engineer our customer devices to maximize the power of our network. Our WiFi 6E-enabled xFi Advanced Gateway delivers exceptionally lower latency for unrivaled cloud and online gaming, 4K video streaming, and VR and AR experiences.
 
 
 
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Cybersecurity
We protect customers with multiple layers of security that automatically detect and block hundreds of thousands of cyber events every second. Our team of security experts works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and performs regular penetration testing to strengthen our products and systems.

Comcast has thousands of technicians, engineers, and cybersecurity professionals who are always working to ensure fast, reliable Internet service. We’re in your neighborhood expanding access and improving connectivity, in our operations centers performing health checks to pinpoint potential issues, and across the country monitoring for privacy and security attacks.


Our network was built to provide flexibility and reliability so that we can quickly respond to spikes or shifts in usage – keeping Americans connected regardless of what’s happening around them, including severe weather and unexpected events.

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