Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Charter Introduces 16 Mbps Access Service

Charter Communications has announced a 16 Mbps broadband service in its Wisconsin markets. The new offer features upstream bandwidth of 2 Mbps for both consumer and business customers.

The new service is priced at $79.99 a month for up to 16 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream. The offer is available to the majority of its residential Wisconsin customers and comes with a $10 bundle discount available for users that also subscribe to Charter’s phone or TV services.

Charter competes against AT&T 6 Mbps digital subscriber line services. AT&T has introduced U-verse access service operating at up to 10 Mbps downstream in Wisconsin, primarily targeting Time Warner Cable markets including the Milwaukee metro area.

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