Comcast Wireless Broadband Ready For Liftoff [Multichannel News]
Comcast customers will soon have the option of taking their broadband connection with them when they leave their home after yesterday's announcement that the nation's largest cable provider is launching a mobile broadband service called High-Speed 2Go. Comcast's mobile broadband service rides on Clearwire's 4G WiMAX network and Sprint's 3G network, providing customers with broadband speeds up to 4 Mbps in WiMAX coverage and speeds up to 1.4 Mbps in 3G coverage.
While the service will only be available in a limited number of cities upon launch, Comcast and Clearwire plan to offer the service in several more metropolitan areas by the end of this year. In an effort to encourage customers to take their current broadband connections mobile, Comcast is offering the service in a bundle with existing cable broadband service for an additional $30. Clearwire's terms of service apply for mobile broadband usage, and the company currently offers its own service in 200 MB, 2 GB and unlimited monthly download tiers. Comcast has not yet indicated which tier that High-Speed 2Go will operate under.
According to this article, Clearwire has plans on the drawing board to offer mobile voice in addition to its current mobile data offerings at some point in 2010, and the company could partner with cable operators like Comcast to offer handsets and mobile phone service.
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