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Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) plans to speed up its deployment of Maxx, its all-digital DOCSIS 3.0-based high-speed data offering that delivers speeds of up to 300 Mbps. During its second quarter earnings call, CEO Rob Marcus said that the company will deploy Maxx in a number of markets including Austin, Texas; Dallas; Raleigh, N.C.; and San Diego. The company expects to reach 3 million customers with Maxx by year-end and cover 6 million customers by year-end 2015.
New York City and Los Angeles are already outfitted with Maxx, which the company announced at the beginning of the year. Marcus noted that the rollout of Maxx has helped set the company up for deployment of DOCSIS 3.1 when it becomes available.
Marcus said that the Austin, Texas, market will have Maxx this year. This is notable because Austin has become a hotbed for high-speed Internet deployments. AT&T (NYSE: T) and Google Fiber (NASDAQ: GOOG) currently offer...