NEW ORLEANS – Cox Communications announced that its gigabit Internet service for residential customers is now available to select homes in Louisiana. Marketed under the brand name “G1GABLASTSM,” Cox will offer speeds 100 times faster than the average speed in the U.S. today.
Cox announced the expanded availability of residential gigabit Internet speeds at a special event at the Americana Traditional Neighborhood Development in Zachary, LA, one of the first neighborhoods in the state to receive the new service.
“We are excited about our roadmap to offer gigabit speeds to all of our residential customers,” said Jacqui Vines, senior vice president and region manager for Cox’s Southeast Region. “We are deploying new technology and infrastructure that will offer our customers the choice of gigabit speeds in all markets we serve.”
In addition to Americana in Zachary, Cox’s gigabit Internet service is also available at the Lexi Falls subdivision in the City of Broussard and the Bella Ridge/ Cottonwood Creek apartments in Harahan.
Additional properties will be coming online with gigabit services in the near future.
Cox has been deploying gigabit speeds to businesses for more than a decade, and the company plans to offer residential gigabit speeds in all of its markets by the end of 2016. The company has already launched GigaBlast service in parts of the Phoenix, Arizona and Orange County, California areas, Las Vegas and Omaha.
“Cox has been the digital communications leader in our markets for the past two decades, leading on choice and availability and working to continually improve broadband for all customers,” said Vines. “We will continue to invest in our local network and our product capabilities to help our customers connect to the things they care about most.”
With speeds as fast as 1,000 megabits per second, gigabit speeds from Cox also will deliver a more powerful home network and rich broadband-enabled services to customers.
Jefferson Parish President John Young said, “Cox has consistently and aggressively increased its investment in its broadband network, powering economic growth and development for businesses, residents and our region overall. We are very proud of their leadership and investment in Jefferson Parish and the Greater New Orleans region.”
Cox also announced that customers who choose its Ultimate Internet package will see their speeds increase later this summer. Those customers will see their speeds jump from 150 megabits per second to 200 megabits per second. Cox has increased broadband speeds more than 1,000 percent over the past 13 years.
In the last 10 years, Cox has invested more than $15 billion in its communities through infrastructure upgrades to deliver video, phone and high-speed Internet and home security and automation service to homes and businesses in the company’s service area. Additionally, the company gives tens of millions of dollars annually in cash and in-kind contributions to support the communities in which it operates.
