Charter Launches High-Speed Internet Max with Speeds up to 16 Mbps in Georgia
May 01 2008 - 1:32PM
Business Wire
Charter Communications, Inc. today announced that it is launching
its Charter High-Speed Internet Max service, with download speeds
of up to 16 megabits per second (16 Mbps). Charter High-Speed
Internet Max is available to residential customers throughout most
of Charter�s service area in Georgia. �Speed and the reliability of
that speed are top priorities of Internet users and for the second
time, an independent research firm, comScore, Inc., ranked
Charter�s high-speed Internet speeds fastest and most reliable1 in
the communities we serve. Our customers value the enhanced speed
because with Charter High-Speed Internet Max, at 16 Mbps they can
download a song in just 2.5 seconds, or as many as 24 photos in
just 8 seconds,� said Ted Schremp, Senior Vice President of Product
Management and Strategy for Charter. �When bundled with our video
and telephone services, Charter High-Speed Internet Max represents
an even greater value for our customers,� Mr. Schremp concluded.
Charter Business, which offers services to business, education and
government, also offers up to 16 Mbps high-speed Internet service
in Georgia. Charter�s high-speed reliability is critical to
businesses that depend on Internet applications to succeed. In
addition, Charter Business supports its customers with a dedicated
team of care agents specifically trained to handle the needs of
small, medium, and large-scale enterprises. Charter High-Speed
Internet Max is the premium tier of service for Charter customers
and is up to 9x as fast as DSL and 270x as fast as dial-up. Charter
also offers Charter High-Speed Plus, with download speeds up to 10
Mbps, and Charter High-Speed Internet, with download speeds up to 5
Mbps. Over the past year, Charter has invested over a billion
dollars in capital to serve its customers and to enhance its
service capabilities, including millions here in Georgia. Charter
is committed to investing in its communities, providing an advanced
network on which residential and commercial customers rely for
their communications needs, and delivering value to all its
customers by offering high-quality products and services backed up
by superior customer care. About Charter Communications Charter
Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company
and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United
States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband
services, including Charter Digital� video entertainment
programming, Charter High-Speed� Internet access, and Charter
Telephone�. Charter Business� similarly provides scalable, tailored
and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business
organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data
networking, video and music entertainment services and business
telephone. Charter�s advertising sales and production services are
sold under the Charter Media� brand. More information about Charter
can be found at www.charter.com. 1 comScore, Inc., Throughput
Report, October � December 2007. Faster claim based on a comparison
to internet download speeds averaged across all of
AT&T/BellSouth, Qwest and Verizon's broadband internet
offerings by providers in areas serviced by Charter. Reliable speed
claim based on comparison of the difference between average
observed broadband download speed versus AT&T/BellSouth, Qwest
and Verizon's advertised broadband download speed weighted across
all of a provider's broadband internet offerings in areas serviced
by Charter.
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