Comcast Cable to Launch Interactive Digital Service in Charleston, S.C. Using Scientific-Atlanta Network and Set-Tops
Comcast selects Charleston, S.C., as third city, along with Baltimore, Md., and Chamblee, Ga., for deployment of Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer 2000 advanced digital set-top and interactive network
ATLANTA, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. announced today that Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., will offer Charleston, S.C., consumers interactive digital services using Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer(R) 2000 advanced digital set-tops and interactive network. Comcast is the fourth-largest cable system operator in the United States, with 4.4 million subscribers.
''Our customers in Charleston will soon benefit from the most advanced interactive cable technology available today,'' said William R. Goetz, Jr., regional senior vice president for Comcast. ''This high-speed, high- performance connection to our customers' television sets will deliver an attractive suite of digital services through our two-way, Internet Protocol (IP)-based broadband network.''
The Charleston cable system, serving 80,000 homes, is the third Comcast system to deploy digital interactive services using Scientific-Atlanta's interactive network and advanced set-tops.
Comcast is also launching services using Scientific-Atlanta technology in its Baltimore, Md., and Chamblee, Ga., systems. Consumers in all three cities will be able to enjoy Internet access, video-on-demand and IP telephony via the TV when these applications become available.
''Comcast is committed to the needs of its customers, and we're pleased to be a part of their tremendous digital deployment program,'' said Michael P. Harney, Scientific-Atlanta's corporate vice president and general manager, Digital Subscriber Networks. ''We said digital interactive was going to happen in 1998, and it is.''
Comcast expects commercial deployment beginning in the third quarter of calendar year 1998.
In Charleston, Comcast is deploying Scientific-Atlanta's digital network, including headend components, a digital network control system (DNCS) and Explorer 2000 advanced digital set-tops.
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