Comcast today announced it has connected more than 26,000 additional homes and businesses in Luzerne County to its fast, reliable, fiber-rich network, including areas within the City of Wilkes-Barre, Hanover and Wilkes-Barre Townships, and Ashley, Sugar Notch, and Warrior Run Boroughs. These residents have access to residential broadband speeds up to 2 gigabits per second (Gbps) and business speeds up to 100 Gbps through the full suite of Xfinity services including Xfinity Internet, Xfinity TV & Streaming, and Xfinity Mobile and Comcast Business services including Internet and mobile. Residents can visit Xfinity.com and businesses can visit ComcastBusiness.com to see if their address is eligible for service or visit their nearby Xfinity store at 1150 Highway 315, Suite A, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 for support.
“We’re thrilled Comcast’s broadband expansion includes more parts of Luzerne County, including the City of Wilkes-Barre and other nearby municipalities. With service now available, residents and businesses can connect to a trusted, reliable network,” said City of Wilkes-Barre Mayor George C. Brown.
On top of extending its service footprint in Luzerne County across parts of Briar Creek, Conyngham, Hunlock, Newport, Plymouth, Salem and Union Townships as well as Berwick, Briar Creek, Nescopeck, and Shickshinny Boroughs, Comcast continues to proactively invest in its network to provide the best possible experience including recent residential and business speed increases at no additional cost.
“Broadband expansion is vital to our local communities,” said Ricky Frazier Jr., Senior Vice President for Comcast’s Keystone Region, which is based in Pennsylvania. “We believe all people deserve access to fast, reliable Internet and we’re excited to bring our services to more local communities in Luzerne County.”
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Comcast’s network and Internet experience are powering homes today and into the future.
- Ultimate Capacity: Xfinity customers connect more than 1 billion devices across the company’s network annually. With the next-generation Xfinity gateways, we deliver the most advanced WiFi technology carrying three times more bandwidth to power streaming, gaming, videoconferencing, and more, simultaneously.
- Fastest Internet: More than a third of Xfinity Internet customers subscribe to gigabit speed products. Recently Comcast connected the first customers in the world to a DOCSIS 4.0 connection, delivering symmetrical gig speeds over existing connections in customers’ homes with plans to continue to rollout these speeds across the country over the coming years.
- Unprecedented Coverage: The latest Xfinity Gateway provides a more reliable connection throughout the home. Customers can get wall-to-wall WiFi coverage with a powerful WiFi Boost Pod that extends coverage to hard-to-reach areas of the home.
- Most Reliable Connection: Comcast is scaling the nation’s largest and most reliable network that passes 62 million homes and businesses and counting. The company launched Storm-Ready WiFi, a new device that comes powered with cellular and battery backup to help keep customers connected even when the power goes out.
- Ultra-Low Latency: The Xfinity network and the latest Xfinity Gateway are a powerful combination that deliver ultra-low latency for those moments when response times matter most like video games, a fast-growing category with Xfinity households averaging more than one gaming console per home.
Comcast serves more than 40 municipalities in Luzerne County and has two Lift Zones including the Greater Pittston YMCA located at 10 North Main Street, Pittston, PA 18640, and Lehman Sanctuary at 261 Jackson Road, Shavertown, PA 18708. In total, the company has 187 Lift Zones in Pennsylvania that provide free WiFi service to promote digital learning. Lift Zones are part of Project UP, Comcast’s $1 billion commitment to advance digital equity through programs and community partnerships that connect people to the Internet, advance economic mobility, and open doors for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, storytellers, and creators.
To learn more about Comcast’s commitment and contribution to bringing Internet access to all Americans, especially residents and businesses in underserved and unserved locations, visit ComcastCorporation.com/broadband-partnerships.
