Bossier City Expansion Updates

Easements give public utility companies access to a property for the purpose of installing, repairing and maintaining equipment. This includes overhead and underground electric lines, telephone and television lines, water, sewer and cable lines. These easements give utility companies the ability to run straight lines through neighborhoods rather than around individual parcels of land.

Learn more on how Comcast accesses public utility easements to connect communities in the video below.

Before construction begins, you’ll likely see crews marking the ground with flags and/or paint. This critical activity helps our business partners identify what is buried. Please do not remove these flags or markings as they are very important in making sure construction is able to be completed as quickly and as safely as possible.

• Watch for the notifications.
• If access is needed to your backyard, please make sure your pets are safe and secure during the time period provided by Comcast.
• Be patient. We’re working to complete the project as quickly and safely as possible.
• Be aware of crews. All construction workers will wear a safety vest and badge identifying themselves as a Comcast employee or an authorized Comcast contractor.

Examples of notifications you may receive:

Doorhangers

Flier (front and back)

Residents may notice large trucks and trailers carrying directional drilling machines, backhoes and water. There may also be medium to large aerial lift vehicles to place and perform aerial splicing.

The image below provides a high-level overview of what a typical construction site looks like from a bird’s eye view.

To bring the Xfinity network to your community, our team needs to place above-ground connection points that link to underground fiber lines. These connection points are called pedestals–or peds–and are generally light green plastic housings that enclose and secure the network connections. Their above-ground design and placement provides a more secure connection space and are much easier and faster to service in the event of a network issue or outage.

Our business partners work in collaboration with Comcast Design to minimize the number of peds in each neighborhood and place them in the least obtrusive locations.

Once work is complete in an area, restoration work will begin to make sure the area is restored to the same condition we found it—or better.

Comcast is committed to Bossier City and it’s economic future. We’ve invested more than $20 million to deliver our high-powered network to more than 10,000 residents and businesses, regardless of income.

Comcast’s network and Internet experience are powering homes today and into the future:

Ultra-Low Latency: The Xfinity network and the latest Xfinity Gateway are a powerful combination that deliver ultra-low latency for those moments when response times matter most like video games, a fast-growing category with Xfinity households averaging more than one gaming console per home. 

Ultimate Capacity: Xfinity customers connect more than 1 billion devices across the company’s network annually. With the next-generation Xfinity gateways we deliver the most advanced WiFi technology carrying three times more bandwidth to power streaming, gaming, videoconferencing, and more, simultaneously.  

Fastest Internet: More than a third of Xfinity Internet customers subscribe to gigabit speed products. Recently Comcast connected the first customers in the world to a DOCSIS 4.0 connection, delivering symmetrical gig speeds over existing connections in customers’ homes with plans to continue to rollout these speeds across the country over the coming years. 

Unprecedented Coverage: The latest Xfinity Gateway provides a more reliable connection throughout the home. Customers can get wall-to-wall WiFi coverage with a powerful WiFi Boost Pod that extends coverage to hard-to-reach areas of the home.  

Most Reliable Connection: Comcast is scaling the nation’s largest and most reliable network that passes 62 million homes and business and counting. The company launched Storm-Ready WiFi, a new device that comes powered with cellular and battery backup to help keep customers connected even when the power goes out.  

Our team will notify potential customers of anticipated service dates as soon as construction begins. We will also partner with HOAs to communicate to residents. Look for our Xfinity team in your neighborhood with information on how to sign up for services.

A headend is a secure facility that is the starting point of every customer’s service. With hundreds of miles of fiber and cable connected to servers and other equipment, this is where our team monitors our network and packages materials to send out to our customers.

After the fiber lines leave the headend, the line travels to a node. A node is a physical connection point and an important part of our network infrastructure. You may often see them on a street or even on lines or poles. The Node houses the fiber lines and converts them into radio frequencies to bring connectivity to homes and businesses. Nodes can support an entire neighborhood or a group of customers and are optimized to provide the maximum transmission of data without losing signal quality.

Taps are located throughout our service footprint. They are often seen around neighborhoods, in your yard or a neighbor’s yard. Each tap can service two to eight residences or small businesses and provide connectivity to all of our services – internet, voice, video and home security. From the tap are a series of drops, which are lines of fiber or cable that directly connect our customers to our network.

Fiber internet is a type of broadband connection that uses fiber-optic cables to transmit data, allowing for fast and reliable internet speeds. We are fiber experts, as our network contains more than 300,000 miles of fiber. When data moves through our network, it travels 99.99% of the way over a fiber connection.

Cable internet is a type of broadband internet connection that uses coaxial cables to deliver internet service. Cable internet can reach speeds of up to 1,200 Mbps, making it suitable for activities like streaming, gaming and working from home.