ATLANTA, Sept. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinewood
Forrest, an innovative new urbanism community in Fayetteville, Ga., has partnered with Comcast
to offer up to 1-gigabit speed internet to residents and 10-gigabit
service to businesses. The technology will deliver an online
experience that will enable users to perform high-bandwidth
activities with lightning-fast speeds over Comcast's advanced
network.
Every homeowner in Pinewood Forrest will enjoy Comcast's
gigabit-speed Internet service and X1, the simplest, fastest most
complete way to access their entertainment on all their
screens. They can say it and see it with the X1 Voice Remote
and get access to content on Netflix, YouTube and Pandora.
Specifically, new residents will receive the Xfinity Digital
Starter tier, which consists of 140 channels, the Xfinity Stream
app, extensive sports programming and On Demand content, and a
complimentary set top box. Multiple users in one home will easily
surf the web, download files, stream movies and play games
simultaneously. Residents will get complimentary Gig and TV
service for a year. Comcast currently offers gigabit-speed
Internet across its service footprint in greater Atlanta.
Envisioned as a community for storytellers, artisans and
creatives, Pinewood Forrest spans 234 acres adjacent to Pinewood
Atlanta Studios, the biggest purpose-built studio complex in the
U.S. outside of Los Angeles. Once
complete, Pinewood Forrest will be home to 3,000 residents and
accessible to those working on the Pinewood Atlanta Studios campus
– up to 3,500 professionals.
The complimentary service is provided by Pinewood Forrest's
Builders Guild. The Builders Guild is comprised of four local
builders with a deep understanding of Pinewood Forrest's vision and
the increasing importance of communications and entertainment
technology in residential and mixed-use communities.
Comcast will offer up to one-gigabit service to the individual
unit of all residents and up to 10-gigabit speeds to shops,
restaurants and businesses within Pinewood Forrest. In addition,
the community's 118 acres of green space will be connected through
XFINITY WiFi service.
Likewise, business customers at Pinewood Forrest will leverage
highly scalable and ultra-fast Internet connectivity and
cloud-based solutions. The network is designed to support customers
that require large amounts of bandwidth or are looking to link
multiple locations.
"In today's digital world, connectivity and speed are crucial,
and even more so to our community of movie studio professionals,"
said Pinewood Forrest President Rob
Parker. "As part of our unwavering commitment to developing
an ambitious, creative community, Pinewood Forrest is implementing
pioneering technology and infrastructure that removes obstacles and
empowers residents to do their best work."
"Pinewood Forrest is among the most technologically advanced
mixed-use communities in the Southeast, and the first to offer
complimentary DOCSIS-based internet and X1 video services to
customers during their first year of residence," said Shawn Geagan, VP for Business Development at
Comcast. "We are thrilled that the community will also offer
the largest deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots since Comcast's
partnership with SunTrust Park and the Atlanta Braves, which has
transformed the fan experience and created a virtually seamless
online experience at the surrounding Battery Atlanta."
Stay tuned for upcoming demonstration events illustrating the
impressive speed of fiber at Pinewood Forrest.
Follow Pinewood Forrest to stay up-to-date on progress on
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Pinewood Forrest:
Pinewood Forrest is a 234-acre
master planned residential and mixed-use development located 24
miles south of Atlanta, adjacent
to Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia. Envisioned as a haven
for storytellers and creatives, the new urbanist community is a
contemporary concept in suburban living. The Pinewood Forrest
development team is led by Fayetteville native and Chick-fil-A CEO
Dan T. Cathy. Early partners in the
project include hotel operator Hay Creek Hotels, residential
marketing firm Ansley Atlanta Real Estate and a Builders Guild
comprised of four top home builders in the Atlanta area.
www.PinewoodForrest.com
About Comcast Corporation:
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video,
high-speed internet and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to
businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports
cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups,
Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
Comcast in Atlanta:
Comcast proudly offers the
fastest speeds to the most homes and businesses in Atlanta. Comcast selected Atlanta as its first launch market in the
nation for Gigabit Pro, its 2-gigabit internet service, as well as
the DOCSIS-based 1-gigabit service. The company also operates
Atlanta's and Georgia's largest Wi-Fi network, with several
hundred thousand hotspots across the state. Comcast has invested
about $200 million in Georgia annually over the last 20 years.
In addition, Comcast's Xfinity X1 voice remote was recently
recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences with an Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering.
Adoption and use of the X1 Voice Remote has rocketed upwards since
its launch in 2015. In 2016 alone, customers gave more than 3.4
billion voice commands. Today there are nearly 17 million X1 Voice
Remotes in customers' homes.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Skyline, A. Wilbert PR Company
Adrienne Heintz, 404-384-2210
Tony Wilbert, 404-780-6094
Alex Horwitz (Comcast),
770-559-2803
On Twitter @ComcastSouth or http://south.comcast.com/
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