Fiber expansions increase access to advanced telecommunications services, helps accelerate growth of area businesses and attract new ones
Building upon its $88 million investment since 2015 to bring its fiber network to more Michigan businesses, Comcast Business today announced it is in the final stages of completing 78 projects in 2022 helping to reach 2,684 existing and future businesses. This investment includes the addition of nearly 200 miles of fiber and other advanced network infrastructure.
Cities included in the fiber network expansion are Ann Arbor, Birch Run, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Brownstown, Clarkston, Davison, Dearborn, Detroit, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Fenton, Flint, Grand Rapids, Grosse Pointe Farms, Holland, Hudsonville, Jonesville, Kalamazoo, Lapeer, Livonia, Muskegon, Northville, Novi, Pontiac, Portage, Rochester Hills, Rockford, Southfield, Southgate, Taylor, Troy, Van Buren, West Bloomfield, and Wixom.
These fiber builds to industrial parks, office buildings, and retail and other commercial centers enable Comcast Business to provide customers in these locations with access to fast, reliable Internet speeds of up to 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps), along with a wide range of advanced commercial telecommunications services, including Ethernet, Internet, Advanced Voice and cloud services. And with the network in place, Comcast Business can quickly get new customers online.
“Knowing commercial space is set for the most advanced technology helps our local communities continue to draw businesses,” said Maureen Donohue Krauss, president and CEO of the Detroit Regional Partnership. “Infrastructure investments, like the ones Comcast Business continues to make in Southeast Michigan and across the state, are instrumental to our economic vitality.”
Comcast Business offers a suite of connectivity, communications, networking, cybersecurity, wireless, and managed solutions to help organizations of different sizes prepare for what’s next. Powered by the nation’s largest Gig-speed broadband network, and backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast Business is the nation’s largest cable provider to small and mid-size businesses and one of the leading service providers to the Enterprise market.
Advanced Comcast Business services available in Southeast Michigan include:
- SecurityEdge, a cloud-based cybersecurity solution for businesses protecting all connected devices;
- Comcast Business Mobile, inclusive of 5G, flexible data options and plans for Comcast Business Internet customers including up to 20 mobile lines for any size business;
- Connection Pro, an automatic 4G LTE backup connection to keep businesses running; and
- WiFi Pro, a mobile-friendly tool that allows businesses to manage customer- and internal-facing networks.
Across Michigan, Comcast has invested $842.3 million in technology and infrastructure in the last three years. These investments have allowed Comcast to offer an array of state-of-the-art telecommunications services, including an Internet service with download speeds up to 1.2 Gbps to all homes and businesses its network passes locally in its service footprint and nationally. The company also offers Gigabit Pro, a 6 Gbps fiber-based residential broadband service, in many locations.
