ROYAL OAK – Irma Clark, Sr. Director, Market Strategy and Development at Comcast Business, Heartland Region, talks about connections through mobile will be three-fourths of total connections in the world in a few years. Comcast also announced more than 700 outdoor Comcast Wi-Fit hotspots in the metro Detroit area. Comcast Business customers in metro Detroit and Ann Arbor will be able to log into their own account to access Wi-Fi.

This announcement complements Comcast’s 654,000 Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots statewide that Xfinity customers can access free of charge. 

Comcast has increased Internet speeds in Michigan virtually every year for more than a decade, and in 2015, Comcast launched Gigabit Pro, a professional-grade residential Internet tier that delivers 2-Gbps upload and download speeds.

Earlier this year, Comcast announced it will introduce the world’s first DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit Internet service to residential and business customers in Detroit. The new network technology will, for the first time, make it possible for Xfinity and Comcast Business Internet customers to receive gigabit speeds over the communications lines that most customers already have in their homes and offices.

Most Xfinity Internet customers can access Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots by selecting “xfinitywifi” from the list of available networks on their laptops or mobile devices and entering their Comcast email and password. The Xfinity Wi-Fi App, available for download on both iOS and Android devices, makes it easy to locate business and outdoor hotspots, or customers can visit the hotspot finder map online at www.xfinity.com/wifi.

Non-customers can also access the company’s new outdoor hotspots. Comcast offers two, 60-minute complimentary sessions per month. After that, non-customers can purchase hourly, daily, weekly or monthly access passes.

For more information about XFINITY Wi-Fi, please visit www.xfinity.com/wifi.

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