{"id":3266,"date":"2019-01-23T13:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2019-01-23T13:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T13:05:15","slug":"gigabit-internet-service-reaches-topeka-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/gigabit-internet-service-reaches-topeka-residents\/3266\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigabit Internet Service Reaches Topeka Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2154\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"wp-image-2154 size-medium\" title=\"Fiber Optic Communication\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DirecTV-Packages-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Best Internet Provider\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DirecTV-Packages-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DirecTV-Packages-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Gigabit Internet Service <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ken and Maggie Doll, two residents of Topeka, Kansas, have switched to the gigabit internet service a few weeks before. They are two subscribers of the \u2018Gigablast\u2019 service of Cox Communications<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, which is now available to Topeka residents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The service is around eighty-five times quicker than average DSL internet speeds, said Cox\u2019s spokesperson Mandy Gilbert. This type of internet means that a gigabyte of data is transferred via fiber optic cables in a second. That is what makes it one of the best internet service options out there. For Maggie Doll, it means quicker speeds on her connected devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the officials of the best internet provider told Maggie that it has forecasted the average household is anticipated to have fifty internet-connected devices by next year, she was surprised. However, then she began counting the devices of her family and was surprised to have easily reached forty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said, \u201cWe\u2019re heavy data users, but we are running multiple devices across our house. My husband and I both work from home at times. With our daughter, between streaming music and videos, we use a lot more than we realized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cox<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> has been investing capital funds in its system in order to meet those requirements, said an official of the best internet provider in a press release.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2114\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2114\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2114\" class=\"wp-image-2114 size-medium\" title=\"Best Packages\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Best-Internet-1-e1484830706393-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Best Internet\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Best-Internet-1-e1484830706393-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Best-Internet-1-e1484830706393.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>High Speed Internet<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coleen Jennison, Cox\u2019s Kansas Market Vice President, said, \u201cOur Gigablast service meets the needs of today\u2019s internet users, who increasingly have multiple internet-dependent devices in their homes and desire faster speeds for entertainment, communication, safety and a range of other purposes. Cox Communications\u2019 sizeable network investments, including a $100 million investment that began in 2018, help us stay significantly ahead of demand and enable smart homes, smart businesses and smart cities \u2014 all of which depend on reliable fast internet service.\u201d Access to the internet is one of the economic development\u2019s key components.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFrom the day-to-day site selection angle, where our fiber is located and whether we have fiber and broadband available in the community at the sites that prospects are looking at is one of those kind of major criteria that hits about the same time that utilities do,\u201d said Molly Howey, the Senior VP of Economic Development at GO Topeka. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of the way that companies look at broadband. Do we have road access? Do we have electric? Do we have water? Do we have broadband?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per Howey, some of the other reasons why access to the internet is significant pertain to educational purposes and workforce matters, so that those who apply for jobs can go online as required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken and Maggie Doll, two residents of Topeka, Kansas, have switched to the gigabit internet service a few weeks before. They are two subscribers of the \u2018Gigablast\u2019 service of Cox Communications\u00ae, which is now available to Topeka residents. The service is around eighty-five times quicker than average DSL internet speeds, said Cox\u2019s spokesperson Mandy Gilbert. 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