Charter Communications updated investors today during its 1Q22 earnings call and offered some insight on the impact of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program on the operator. Charter was the largest RDOF auction winner, measured by number of locations….
Comcast said it achieved speeds of 8.5 Gbps downstream and 6 Gbps upstream on a live network using several elements of the cable industry 10G standard, including DOCSIS 4.0. It’s important news, considering that until now cable companies have generally…
Breezeline has started to use electric vehicles (EVs), part of its commitment to reduce its operational emissions by 65% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Breezeline is the rebranded Atlantic Broadband. The rebranding followed the acquisition of…
Continuing the trend of cable companies providing free speed upgrades in order to match competitors’ offerings, TDS Telecommunications is increasing download speeds to 18,000 subscribers in St. George, UT. Although best known as a telecom company, TDS operates cable HFC/DOCSIS…
Regional cable broadband operator WideOpenWest, which operates as WOW!, is exploring strategic options, including a possible sale, according to a Bloomberg report. The Englewood, Colo. based provider operates a network that passes 1.9 million locations across 14 markets, primarily in…
Cox is the latest cable operator to increase broadband speeds, announcing today it will increase speeds to 250 Mbps from 150 Mbps for its most popular broadband tier. Customers in the Cox Preferred broadband tier will get the speed upgrade…
Mediacom Communications continued the trend of cable broadband providers increasing broadband speeds to fend off increasing competition. The operator upped the download speeds of more than 900,000 subscribers for its Xtream Internet service. There will be no increase in subscription…
Comcast said that its expansion to 1,700 homes and businesses in rural Pennsylvania is complete. The project delivers residential and business speeds of up to 1.2 Gbps and 100 Gbps, respectively. The areas are Turbotville Borough and the townships of…
Charter Spectrum announced today that it is raising its entry level broadband tier to 200 Mbps in an additional 37 markets. The increase should impact 5 million homes. The Charter Spectrum 200 Mbps tier joins 400 Mbps and Gigabit tiers,…
Broadband providers continued a run of good years with a net gain of 2.95 million net additional broadband Internet subscribers in 2021, according to Leichtman Research Group (LRG). The gains followed a banner 2020 when the industry had a pro…
Broadband provider WOW! announced plans today for a mobile offering through a partnership with Reach Mobile. In a press release, WOW! uses the phrase “WOW! mobile powered by Reach” to describe the offering. The service relies on the T-Mobile network,…
If you watched the Super Bowl yesterday (great game by the way), and specifically the commercials, you may have witnessed a brewing competitive battle for home broadband, and specifically cable broadband. Both Verizon and T-Mobile featured ads (to the tune…
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