GFiber today announced that it is rolling out multi-gig internet speeds to customers at the same price they were paying for lower speeds. Some customers now have connection speeds three times faster than what they had earlier in the week.
GFiber is rolling out the new, higher speeds in Des Moines, Iowa first, but the company’s announcement suggested they were planning to roll out the speeds to all markets.
The company’s two highest-speed plans will also feature Wi-Fi 7 routers. “This isn’t just about more speed,” GFiber Chief Growth Officer Melani Griffith wrote on the company’s blog, “it’s about continuing to create and add value, not just for the newest customers, but those that have always had GFiber.”
The upgraded speeds for GFiber include:
- The previous Core 1 Gig is now Core 3 Gig, priced at $70 per month. Core 3 is 3x the symmetrical speed of GFiber’s initial internet offering and is still the same price it was in 2012.
- Home 3 Gig is now Home 5 Gig, for $100/month. Customers at this tier are seeing about a 67% increase in speeds and will receive the GFiber Multi-Gig Wi-Fi 7 router.
- GFiber’s top-tier service, Edge 8 Gig — at $150/month — will also now include the new GFiber Multi-Gig Wi-Fi 7 router.
“At GFiber, we take immense pride in knowing our customers love … not like … LOVE their GFiber service,” Griffith wrote. “We’re in this relationship for the long haul and we know that to keep love like that going we have to keep investing in our relationship — surprising, delighting, and growing to flex and meet changing needs.”
The GFiber blog post said this change in speeds is due to the deployment of 25G PON technology. The company also credits the success of their 20 Gbps capability — which was announced for many markets last year — to its long-term investment in 25G PON, which it says will future-proof both residential power users and advanced commercial applications.
