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◆ 18/ JULY 27, 2015 /multichannel.com/next-tv By George Winslow G OOGLE FIBER’S subscriber counts may be small — MoffettNathanson estimated they were under 30,000 at the end of 2014. But the Mountain View search giant’s push to launch gigabit services and build fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) net- works has certainly pushed a wide range of larger telcos and cable operators to boost average broadband speeds and in- creasingly roll-out 1gig Internet connections. The extent of that influence can be seen in Next TV’s first- ever Gigabit Map. In the following pages, the Gigabit Map proj- ect shows existing and upcoming deployments of 1-Gigabit-per- second services by major telcos and cable operators on a map of the U.S. and in listings broken down by company. While the Gigabit Map highlights the rapid proliferation of these ultra- high-speed services, it is important to stress that it both understates and over- states the footprint of 1 Gbps services. The website, Broadbandproperties.com, currently lists 977 companies and or- ganizations that have been deploying fiber-to-the-home networks, though only a smaller subset of those operations provide 1 Gbps services. Our list focuses on 15 major telcos and cable operators who have at least a significant national or regional footprint. As a result, it excludes hundreds of local telcos, universities, municipally owned ISPs, public utilities, co-ops and other smaller commercial or not-for-profit operations. We’ve also limited the listings to residential services providing speeds of at least 1 Gbps and excluded deployments of services that are only available to businesses. If these listings understate the extent of the Gigabit revolution by excluding many local initiatives, they could also be misconstrued to indicate that 1 Gbps broadband speeds are widely available. They aren’t. In interests of space, we’ve listed whole cit- ies or metropolitan areas but in practice the offerings are limited to select neighbor- hoods and in some cases only a few housing developments. This reflects the fact that almost all of the services currently available by telcos and cable operators have been rolled-out by building FTTH, a fairly laborious process that takes considerable time and capital. In the next few years, this will change as DOCSIS 3.1 becomes more widely avail- able towards the end of 2016 and more cable operators upgrade their networks to handle it. These upgrades will play a key role in plans by operators such as Cox Communications to make 1 Gbps services available to all its customers or Suddenlink’s plans to have it in 90% of its footprint by the end of 2016. The map also shows how some companies are already pushing beyond 1 Gbps services, with Comcast having rolled out symmetrical 2 Gbps in a number of cities, and the competitive pres- sures that are driving companies to speed up their networks. Some cities, such as Austin, Texas, now have several providers vying to roll out 1 Gbps services and other providers, such as Charter, that have not yet jumped into the Giga- bit game have been ramping up their available speeds in response to the increased competition. Such threats may push more into the Gigabit speed race. Time Warner Cable announced that it would consider providing 1 Gbps services after the Los Angeles City Council voted to explore a municipal system. Likewise, Verizon, which has a fiber network capable of delivering 1 Gbps but has said there isn’t market demand for them, may shift its strategy if consumers embrace these services, which are still relatively expensive. Gigabit speeds are emerging as video continues to soak up an increasing share of overall IP capacity, and as programmers and other content providers The Gigabit Map AT&T California Los Angeles Under consideration FTTH Oakland Under consideration FTTH San Diego Under consideration FTTH San Francisco Under consideration FTTH San Jose Available* FTTH Florida Ft. Lauderdale Available* FTTH Jacksonville Under consideration FTTH Miami Available* FTTH Orlando Under consideration FTTH 3 Arizona 2 Nevada 4 Oregon 1 Washington 3 Utah 23 California 1 Colorado 8K Looks Sharp, But Questions Remain Page 24 Translation Please: 4K, 8K and Wall Space Page 24 NextTV_Page1-4_7_27_15.indd 18 7/23/15 7:08 PM
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By George Winslow
GOOGLE FIBER’S subscriber counts may be small — MoffettNathanson estimated they were under 30,000 at the end of 2014. But the Mountain View search giant’s push to launch
gigabit services and build fi ber-to-the-home (FTTH) net-works has certainly pushed a wide range of larger telcos and cable operators to boost average broadband speeds and in-creasingly roll-out 1gig Internet connections.
The extent of that infl uence can be seen in Next TV’s fi rst-ever Gigabit Map. In the following pages, the Gigabit Map proj-ect shows existing and upcoming deployments of 1-Gigabit-per-second services by major telcos and cable operators on a map of the U.S. and in listings broken down by company.
While the Gigabit Map highlights the rapid proliferation of these ultra-high-speed services, it is important to stress that it both understates and over-states the footprint of 1 Gbps services.
The website, Broadbandproperties.com, currently lists 977 companies and or-ganizations that have been deploying fi ber-to-the-home networks, though only a smaller subset of those operations provide 1 Gbps services. Our list focuses on 15 major telcos and cable operators who have at least a signifi cant national or regional footprint. As a result, it excludes hundreds of local telcos, universities, municipally owned ISPs, public utilities, co-ops and other smaller commercial or not-for-profi t operations.
We’ve also limited the listings to residential services providing speeds of at least 1 Gbps and excluded deployments of services that are only available to businesses.
If these listings understate the extent of the Gigabit revolution by excluding many local initiatives, they could also be misconstrued to indicate that 1 Gbps broadband speeds are widely available. They aren’t. In interests of space, we’ve listed whole cit-ies or metropolitan areas but in practice the offerings are limited to select neighbor-hoods and in some cases only a few housing developments.
This refl ects the fact that almost all of the services currently available by telcos and cable operators have been rolled-out by building FTTH, a fairly laborious process that takes considerable time and capital.
In the next few years, this will change as DOCSIS 3.1 becomes more widely avail-able towards the end of 2016 and more cable operators upgrade their networks to handle it. These upgrades will play a key role in plans by operators such as Cox Communications to make 1 Gbps services available to all its customers or Suddenlink’s
plans to have it in 90% of its footprint by the end of 2016.
The map also shows how some companies are already pushing beyond 1 Gbps services, with Comcast having rolled out symmetrical 2 Gbps in a number of cities, and the competitive pres-sures that are driving companies to speed up their networks. Some cities, such as Austin, Texas, now have several providers vying to roll out 1 Gbps services and other providers, such as Charter, that have not yet jumped into the Giga-bit game have been ramping up their available speeds in response to the increased competition.
Such threats may push more into the Gigabit speed race. Time Warner Cable announced that it would consider providing 1 Gbps services after the Los Angeles City Council voted to explore a municipal system. Likewise, Verizon, which has a fi ber network capable of delivering 1 Gbps but has said there isn’t market demand for them, may shift its strategy if consumers embrace these services, which are still relatively expensive.
Gigabit speeds are emerging as video continues to soak up an increasing share of overall IP capacity, and as programmers and other content providers
◆◆The Gigabit Map
AT&T
California
Los Angeles Under consideration FTTH
Oakland Under consideration FTTH
San Diego Under consideration FTTH
San Francisco Under consideration FTTH
San Jose Available* FTTH
Florida
Ft. Lauderdale Available* FTTH
Jacksonville Under consideration FTTH
Miami Available* FTTH
Orlando Under consideration FTTH
3Arizona
2Nevada
4Oregon
1Washington
3Utah23
California 1Colorado
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Georgia
Atlanta Available* FTTH
Augusta Under consideration FTTH
Illinois
Chicago Available* FTTH
Kansas
Kansas City Available* FTTH
Missouri
St. Louis Planned FTTH
North Carolina
Charlotte Available* FTTH
Greensboro Planned FTTH
Raleigh-Durham Available* FTTH
Winston-Salem Available* FTTH
develop and launch bandwidth-intensive 4K/Ultra HD and virtual reality apps and services . In its latest Visual Networking Index study, for example, Cisco Systems predicts that IP video will represent 80% of all traffi c by 2019, up from 67% in 2014, and that HD and Ultra HD Internet video will eat up 63% of Internet video traffi c by 2019.
The following list of deployments was collected by scouring a wide array of pub-
lished accounts and press releases and then contacting the companies to verify the information. The data is current as of July 17.
The listings show whether a deployment is currently available, planned or under consideration by state, city and operator. Some providers have not announced spe-cifi c cities but have made general announcements about their footprint. Those an-nouncements are listed under the category of “Other.” ◆
1Arkansas
4Missouri
8Mississippi
3Louisiana
4Kansas
2Oklahoma
13Texas
4Virginia
2Nebraska
2Illinois
11Indiana
9Tennesee
5Michigan
2Ohio
2Minnesota
14Wisconsin
3North
Dakota
2South
Carolina
2Rhode Island
11New
Hampshire
15Florida
6Georgia
9North
Carolina
4South
Carolina
1Connecticut
Source: Company announcements. The rankings show the number of markets from our list of 15 operators that have announced they are offering 1Gbps services, plan to offer them or are considering offering them in an area. The numbers do not include deployments by smaller telcos, operators, universities and other organizations not included in our list. Typically deployments are only available in select neighborhoods in those areas.
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Ohio
Cleveland Under consideration FTTH
Tennesee
Nashville Available* FTTH
Texas
Austin Available* FTTH
Dallas Available* FTTH
Fort Worth Available* FTTH
Houston Available* FTTH
San Antonio Planned FTTH
ATLANTIC BROADBAND
Florida
Miami Available* FTTH
BRIGHT HOUSE
Florida
Tampa Available* FTTH
CENTURYLINK
Colorado
Denver Available* FTTH
Florida
Orlando Available* FTTH
Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul Available* FTTH
Missouri
Columbia Available* FTTH
Jefferson City Available* FTTH
Nebraska
Omaha Available* FTTH
Nevada
Las Vegas Available* FTTH
Oregon
Portland Available* FTTH
Utah
Salt Lake City Available* FTTH
Washington
Seattle Available* FTTH
Wisconsin
La Crosse Available* FTTH
Platteville Available* FTTH
COMCAST**
California
Chico Available 2Gbps FTTH
Fresno Available 2Gbps FTTH
Marysville/Yuba City Available 2Gbps FTTH
Merced Available 2Gbps FTTH
Modesto Available 2Gbps FTTH
Monterey Available 2Gbps FTTH
Sacramento Available 2Gbps FTTH
Salinas Available 2Gbps FTTH
San Francisco Bay Area Available 2Gbps FTTH
Santa Barbara County Available 2Gbps FTTH
Stockton Available 2Gbps FTTH
Visalia Available 2Gbps FTTH
Florida
Ft. Lauderdale Available 2Gbps FTTH
Jacksonville Available 2Gbps FTTH
Miami Available 2Gbps FTTH
West Palm Beach Available 2Gbps FTTH
Georgia
Atlanta Available 2Gbps FTTH
Illinois
Chicago Available 2Gbps FTTH
Indiana
Anderson Available 2Gbps FTTH
Bloomington Available 2Gbps FTTH
Columbus Available 2Gbps FTTH
Elkhart Available 2Gbps FTTH
Fort Wayne Available 2Gbps FTTH
Gary Available 2Gbps FTTH
Hammond Available 2Gbps FTTH
Indianapolis Available 2Gbps FTTH
Kokomo Available 2Gbps FTTH
Lafayette Available 2Gbps FTTH
South Bend Available 2Gbps FTTH
Michigan
Detroit Available 2Gbps FTTH
Flint Available 2Gbps FTTH
Grand Rapids Available 2Gbps FTTH
Jackson Available 2Gbps FTTH
Lansing Available 2Gbps FTTH
Tennessee
Chattanooga Available 2Gbps FTTH
Knoxville Available 2Gbps FTTH
Nashville Available 2Gbps FTTH
COMPORIUM
South Carolina
Fort Mill Available* FTTH
Rock Hill Available* FTTH
Lancaster Available* FTTH
Lexington Planned FTTH
COX COMMUNICATIONS
Arizona
Phoenix Available* FTTH
Tucson Planned FTTH***
Arkansas
NW Ark. (Fort Smith, etc.) Planned FTTH***
California
Orange County Available* FTTH
Palos Verdes Planned FTTH***
San Diego Planned FTTH***
Santa Barbara Planned FTTH***
Connecticut
Hartford Planned FTTH***
Florida
Ft. Walton Beach Planned FTTH***
Gainesville Planned FTTH***
Ocala Planned FTTH***
Pensacola Planned FTTH***
Georgia
Macon Planned FTTH***
Kansas
Topeka Planned FTTH***
Wichita Planned FTTH***
Louisiana
Baton Rouge Available* FTTH
Lafayette Available* FTTH
New Orleans Available* FTTH
Nebraska
Omaha Available* FTTH
Ohio
Cleveland Planned FTTH***
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Planned FTTH***
Tulsa Planned FTTH***
Nevada
Las Vegas Available* FTTH
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Rhode Island
Providence Planned FTTH***
Newport Planned FTTH***
Virginia
Fairfax/Fredericksburg Planned FTTH***
Hampton Roads Available* FTTH
Norfolk/Virginia Beach Planned FTTH***
Roanoke Planned FTTH***
Other States
Will be available in full footprint by end of 2016.
C-SPIRE
Mississippi
Clinton Available* FTTH
Corinth Planned FTTH
Flora Planned FTTH
Jackson Planned FTTH
Madison Planned FTTH
Quitman Available* FTTH
Ridgeland Available* FTTH
Starkville Available* FTTH
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS
North Carolina
Durham Available FTTH
Oregon
Beaverton Available FTTH
Portland Under consideration FTTH
GOOGLE FIBER
Arizona
Phoenix Under consideration FTTH
California
San Jose Under consideration FTTH
Georgia
Atlanta Planned FTTH
Kansas
Kansas City Available* FTTH
North Carolina
Charlotte Planned FTTH
Raleigh–Durham Planned FTTH
Oregon
Portland Under consideration FTTH
Tennessee
Nashville Planned FTTH
Texas
Austin Available* FTTH
San Antonio Under consideration FTTH
Utah
Provo Available* FTTH
Salt Lake City Planned FTTH
GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS
Texas
Austin Available* FTTH
Buda Available* FTTH
Round Rock Available* FTTH
San Antonio Available* FTTH
San Marcos Available* FTTH
MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS
North Dakota
Bismarck Planned N/A
Fargo Planned N/A
Grand Forks Planned N/A
South Dakota
Rapid City Planned N/A
Sioux Falls Planned N/A
Other States
Plans to deploy 1Gbps services in 600,000 homes
in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota by
the end of 2017 but has not listed any other specifi c
cities.
SUDDENLINK COMMUNICATIONS****
Missouri
Nixa Available DOCSIS 3.0
North Carolina
Greenville Available DOCSIS 3.0
Rocky Mount Available DOCSIS 3.0
Texas
Bryan-College Station Available DOCSIS 3.0
Other States
Plans 1Gbps deployments covering 90% of custom-
ers in Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklaho-
ma, Texas, West Virginia and other markets, but has
not said which cities.
TDS TELECOM
Georgia
St. Mary’s Available FTTH
Minnesota
Monticello Available FTTH
New Hampshire
Andover Available FTTH
Antrim Available FTTH
Boscawen Available FTTH
Chichester Available FTTH
Contoocook Available FTTH
Henniker Available FTTH
Hillsboro Available FTTH
Hollis Available FTTH
New London Available FTTH
Salisbury Available FTTH
Wilton Available FTTH
Tennessee
Farragut Available FTTH
Halls Crossroads Available FTTH
LaVergne Available FTTH
Mt. Juliet Available FTTH
Wisconsin
Black Earth Available FTTH
Bohners Lake Available FTTH
Cross Plains Available FTTH
Elkhorn Available FTTH
Johnson Creek Available FTTH
Middleton Available FTTH
Monroe Available FTTH
Verona Available FTTH
Waterford Available FTTH
Waunakee Available FTTH
Wheatland Available FTTH
Wind Lake Available FTTH
TIME WARNER CABLE
California
Los Angeles Under Consideration N/A
*Current deployments are available in select areas in the city. **Comcast’s Gigabit Pro 2Mbps services are available in the entire metro area to homes that are within one-third of a mile of the opera-tor’s fi ber network.***Using FTTH and targeting specifi c neighborhoods before the end of 2016; after that will use DOCSIS 3.1 and will reach entire footprint. **** Suddenlink’s 1Gbps service (downstream, paired with a 50 Mbps upstream) is available in the entire metro area where the MSO provides services.FTTH=Fiber-to-the-Home.
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