Existing Baltimore-area customers to see download speeds double

Comcast on Thursday debuted a new high-speed Internet service that will double existing Baltimore-area customers’ download speeds and allow higher-paying customers to download a six-gigabyte, high-definition movie in just 16 minutes.
The Philadelphia-based communications provider, which has about 1 million customers in Maryland, is making the jump from “broadband” to “wideband” technology, called DOCSIS 3.0.