Comcast’s L4’s Low-Latency Tech promises up to a 78% latency reduction, test begins in selected cities

According to comments on The Verge This morning, Comcast is now rolling a new latency reduction technology, L4S, to its XFinity Internet Service customers in selected cities. The company plans to eventually roll out the feature to all its XFinity Internet customers.

According to Comcast spokesman Joel Shadle, L4S trials have shown that “we were able to reduce the work of work – the latency during normal conditions in the home when people use the Internet – with 78 percent.”