signals over our analog broadcast channels to all-digital services, freeing
up significant cable network capacity for additional features and
services. The analog to digital subscriber migration will continue to
strengthen the customer experience and, once complete (expected in
2015), will allow us to reclaim significant amounts of network capacity
and reduce network operating and maintenance costs. The migration
from analog to digital requires additional spending because it involves
fitting analog homes with digital converters and removing existing
analog filtering equipment.
Broadband Internet service is provided using the DOCSIS 3.0 standard
which combines multiple RF channels onto one access into the
customer premise, delivering exceptional performance. The bandwidth
of our internet service offerings has increased 50 fold in the last
10 years as we bring new technology to market when it becomes
available. This track record of investing in our networks and
demonstrating the capability to deploy best in class service is one of our
key strategies to ensure we stay competitive with other service providers
that provide internet service into homes and business over copper
facilities.
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