Charter has demonstrated speeds exceeding 8.5 Gbps downstream and 6 Gbps upstream on hybrid fiber coax infrastructure, according to a press release from Vecima Networks, which supplied the DOCSIS 4.0 system on a chip (SoC) for remote MACPHY device (RMD)…
DECEMBER 13, 2021 – STAMFORD, Conn. – Charter Communications, Inc. and NBCUniversal today announced that Peacock’s premium tier is available at no extra cost for 12 months for most Spectrum TV customers and for 90 days for Spectrum Internet customers,…
Charter is urging the FCC to act on pole attachment recommendations made by NCTA—The Internet & Television Association earlier this year. Several pole owners have imposed unreasonable requirements on Charter as it plans to deploy broadband to unserved rural areas,…
Several more winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction have received eligible telecommunications carriers (ETC) designation for areas where they tentatively won funding. The new designations are for states where the FCC Is responsible for awarding designations….
Charter Communications, Inc., yesterday announced a new pricing plan for Spectrum Mobile customers that starts at $29.99/month per line for customers with at least two Spectrum Mobile lines. The newly unveiled plan provides further savings over the Unlimited Plus service…
As the RDOF program gets underway, there’s a lot of clean up taking place with the rural broadband funding program. As the largest winning bidder by number of locations to be funded, cable MSO Charter is participating in this clean…
Charter is planning a 1,910-mile fiber network in rural Virginia that will be funded, in part, through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI). VATI is a state-funded program administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to help local communities…
High-split network upgrades are “the more up and coming expenditure in parallel with DOCSIS 4.0” as Charter looks toward future capex plans, said Charter CFO Chris Winfrey on a virtual investor conference webcast today. Winfrey also noted that Charter believes…
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is deploying Spectrum Enterprise’s Stay Connected K-12 platform. The program, which delivers broadband at no charge directly to participant’s homes, initially will be provided to more than 5,300 families. The Stay Connected K-12 service…
Charter Communications’ Spectrum Enterprise and unified communications provider Webex by Cisco have introduced a collaboration platform. Spectrum Enterprise UC with Webex is aimed at the mid-market and enterprise companies that are modernizing their communications services to support workplace transformation. It…
The FCC today said it is ready to authorize $311 million in rural broadband funding to 48 companies that had winning bids in the RDOF (Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) auction. Also today, the commission released a list of RDOF defaults…
Gibson Technical Services has been selected by Charter Communications to build out 8,600 miles of full service construction across Louisiana, Alabama and North Carolina in an initiative partially funded by the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. Gibson, a subsidiary…
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