RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cox Communications has launched 1 gigabit speeds at the Irvine Company’s Park Place Apartment Homes in Irvine, making its residents the first in Southern California to have access to gigabit speeds for their residential Internet service. Gigabit speeds are 100 times faster than the average broadband and enable customers to: Run all of their devices at the same time (laptops, tablets, smart TVs, smartphones, gaming systems) Download an HD movie in