Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
Shentel Improves Network, Adds Services In Rural West Virginia Towns
A recent significant upgrade in the network has enabled Shentel to bring new products and services to the towns of Marlinton and Grantsville, both in Shentel’s West Virginia service area. Customers in these rural areas, now have access to the highest Internet speed tier Shentel offers - 150Mbps. They will be able to experience truly fast high-speed Internet. Telecommuting and sharing large files is no longer an issue. Busy homes using multiple IP-driven devices won’t have to take turns. Tablets, laptops and desktops can share with speed to spare. Read More Source: Press Release | March 9, 2018
WOW! Broadens 1- Gig DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout To 95% Of Customers
With the latest batch of DOCSIS 3.1 deployments factored in, WideOpenWest said its 1 Gbps (downstream) broadband service is now available to more than 95% of its customers. The milestone follows a pledge last November that WOW would wrap up its D3.1 deployment for residential and business customers by Q1 2018. WOW! said it has introduced 1-Gig service to nine markets, including Cleveland, Ohio; Charleston, S.C., and Pinellas, Fla., along with Columbus, Ga., and "large portions" of Huntsville and Montgomery, Ala. Read More Source: Multichannel News | March 6, 2018
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Mediacom's Private Broadband Infrastructure Investments Help Drive Iowa To #1 Overall State Ranking
A little over a year after Mediacom Communications announced the company launched 1 Gig Internet service across its entire Iowa footprint, the Hawkeye State garnered the top ranking in the U.S. News Best States Overall Ranking powered by McKinsey & Company. In January 2017, Mediacom began offering ultra-fast 1-Gig Internet to all of the nearly 1 million households and businesses in the more than 300 Iowa communities passed by the company's fiber-rich digital network. In announcing the statewide rollout of these next generation services, Mediacom's founder and CEO, Rocco B. Commisso, noted that as a result of the company's private investment, "Iowa is not only Mediacom's first gigabit state, but now leads all U.S. states in gigabit broadband availability." Read More Source: Press Release | February 28, 2018
Wave Business Takes Aim At DDoS Attacks
Wave Broadband has launched its DDoS Mitigation service. The cybersecurity business service is available to current and prospective clients of Wave Business to protect networks from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Based on Arbor Networks technology, Wave's DDoS Mitigation service monitors all ingress points to the customer company's fiber-optic network in real time. The service is designed to identify and resolve dangerous or malicious traffic within seconds, and to provide customers updates on the resolution. Wave offers the service to clients as a subscription or on a per-event basis. Read More Source: Broadband Technology Report| March 6, 2018
Consolidated Ramps Up Fiber Connected Towers To 2,700
Now that Consolidated Communications has begun to integrate FairPoint into its broader fold, the service provider is ramping up the reach of its fiber network to more wireless towers. Bob Udell, CEO of Consolidated Communications, told investors that despite a challenging pricing environment, the service provider continues to connect more wireless operator towers to its fiber network. Read More Source: Fierce Cable | March 5, 2018
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