What's the Story? Comcast's niche 10-Gig fiber service

Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Comcast's launch of symmetrical 10-Gig speeds for its 'Gigabit Pro' service. We discussed which customers might be interested in the service and what this means for Comcast's competition.

Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor

June 20, 2023

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Comcast's launch of symmetrical 10-Gig speeds for its "Gigabit Pro" service. We discussed which customers might be interested in the service and what this means for Comcast's competition.

Jeff also shared highlights from his visit to the Stream TV show, which included Comcast's decision to add free Xumo channels to its X1 guide.

For a lightly edited transcript, please click the caption button in the video toolbar.

Here are a few topics we covered:

  • Comcast's 10-Gig service on fiber (00:47)

  • Potential customer demographics for the Gigabit Pro service (02:35)

  • Competitive services to Comcast's 10-Gig service (03:58)

  • Speed, reliability and other key features for the Gigabit Pro service (05:44)

  • Highlights from the Stream TV show (07:29)

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— Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Senior Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

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