Cox Expands DOCSIS 3.0 Reach to Arizona
Ultimate Internet package allows download speeds of up to 50 Mbps!
PRNewswire
PHOENIX

PHOENIX, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications today expanded its fastest broadband service to residential customers, unveiling its Ultimate Internet package, which delivers up to 50 Megabits (Mbps) downloads and 5 Megabits uploads, the fastest speeds available in Arizona. The third generation of cable's DOCSIS (Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification) service introduces channel bonding, a technology that can bond parallel cable channels to transmit data at faster speeds. Speeds are further enhanced, up to 55 Mbps, with PowerBoost™, a cable-exclusive technology that provides an extra burst of speed when it's needed.

The Ultimate Internet package is now available in Carefree and Rio Verde and will be in Scottsdale over the next month, with the complete market rolled out over the next year. Standard price for the residential Ultimate Internet package will be $89.99 per month, the fastest speeds available in Arizona at the best price in the market. In addition to PowerBoost™, the Ultimate package also offers customers 10 email accounts, Cox Security Suite powered by McAfee®, and 5GB of Media Store and Share online storage / automatic backup.

The Cox Ultimate Internet package provides customers with the ability to download movies and music, share files, stream high resolution video and compete with gamers around the world, faster than ever. Powered by next generation 3.0 technology, the increased bandwidth meets the increasing demands of multiple users while optimizing their online experience.

"This technology is the gold standard for speed and reliability," said Josh Nelson, vice president of information & network technologies, Cox Arizona adding, "Our customers have said they want an online experience that allows them to do more, do it faster and on a network they trust. DOCSIS 3.0 lets them do that."

To sign up for the Ultimate Internet package, call (623) 594-1000.

PowerBoost is only is available with Preferred, Premier, Premier Plus, and Ultimate services and temporarily increases your download speeds when extra bandwidth is available. PowerBoost es una marca comercial registrada de Comcast Corporation, utilizada con permiso.

The speed of your service is not guaranteed. Las velocidades reales podrían variar. Cox cannot guarantee the intended results from the McAfee services. McAfee is a trademark of McAfee, Inc.

Cox Communications Arizona

Cox Communications is the third largest cable provider and a multi-service broadband communications company serving nearly 3 million residential and business product subscribers in Arizona (a product subscriber represents an individual service purchased by a customer). In the metro Phoenix, Cox serves approximately 2.5 million product subscribers. In Southern Arizona, Cox serves approximately 400,000 product subscribers. Cox's 18,000-mile hybrid fiber coaxial cable network throughout Phoenix and Southern Arizona provides homes and businesses with digital television, high speed Internet, home networking, high-definition television and digital telephone service over its own nationwide IP network. During the past four years, Cox has topped 10 J.D. Power and Associates' studies of customer satisfaction. Cox Media is responsible for the sale of cable advertising throughout Arizona. Cox Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc and serves approximately 6 million customers nationwide and wholly owns and operates the Travel Channel. Additional information about Cox in Arizona is available at www.cox.com/arizona.

SOURCE Cox Communications

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Web site: http://www.cox.com/arizona/

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