Comcast upgrading infrastructure in South Florida: more HD on the way
By Darren Murph 
posted March 5th 2008 3:08PM
posted March 5th 2008 3:08PM
If you'll recall, Comcast went out of its way to enhance the infrastructure and add a number of new HD channels to much of the Northeast late last year, and now it's finally time for South Florida to experience the same. Reportedly, a "major upgrade" is currently underway on Comcast's South Florida cable system, and we're told that said changes will provide a platform for DOCSIS 3.0 -- set to roll out in 2009 -- which will enable 100Mbps download speeds. Furthermore, subscribers throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties can look forward to a new slate of HD VOD choices to go along with six new HD channels: Food Network HD (414), USA Network HD (420), History Channel HD (422), Discovery Channel HD (424), Animal Planet HD (426) and Sci-Fi HD (427). Best of all, those newcomers are only part of the "phase one" HD expansion plan -- go on, let those imaginations run wild.
I live in Broward and I've had all those new HD (6) channels for a couple months now so, I guess phase two must be well underway.
I also live in Broward, just West of I-75 on Sheridan. I've also had all the channels listed for a few weeks now. But i'm still waiting on 100mb speeds though! Also the quality of the HD needs to come up! The compression is terrible....
We also need the TIVO update on our DVR's, like yesterday!!
I live down in Coral Gables, and we've had those channels for awhile too. If they wanna give me more, I won't turn it down...