Leak: Here's the New Charter Gigabit Markets Launching Next Week Sources familiar with Charter/Spectrum's looming gigabit broadband rollout tell DSLReports.com that there's a significant number of new gigabit market launches in the cards for next week. According to these sources, a number of gigabit launches will be unveiled on December 19, including Cincinnati, Ohio, Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; New York City, New York; Kansas City, Missouri; Austin, Texas and San Antonio Texas. Charter recently unveiled this faster service in a limited launch in Oahu last week as an apparent dry run for this broader launch.

In the first market, users can get 1 Gbps downstream, 35 Mbps upstream service for $105 per month (though pricing moving forward is likely to vary depending on local competition). As per the company's Time Warner Cable Bright House merger conditions, it's prohibited from imposing usage caps for another six years. According to Charter, the company's new gigabit service includes a modem (Charter includes the cost of the modem in their listed price, unlike many ISPs) with integrated WiFi and a 30-day money back guarantee. In addition to gigabit broadband launches (which is technically 940 Mbps), the source (who provided an internal employee memo, above left) notes that users in these markets will also have the option of subscribing to speeds of 400 Mbps downstream, 20 Mbps upstream, or 200 Mbps downstream, 10 Mbps upstream. There's also a number of markets that appear to be poised to get the new 400 Mbps tier, but not the gigabit offering (yet). The deployment comes just as Charter has been facing increased criticism for lagging behind its contemporaries (from Comcast to Mediacom) when it comes to broadband upgrades. In the wake of the company's recent acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, many customers had been complaining that the only changes they've seen so far have been negative, with many seeing rate hikes of 40% and even worse customer service. Users interested in learning more about the looming upgrades should Users interested in learning more about the looming upgrades should stop by our Charter Spectrum forum.







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KoRnGtL15

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join:2007-01-04

Grants Pass, OR 25 recommendations KoRnGtL15 Premium Member Gigabit service with only.... 35mb upload! Let that sink in. Comical!

Hazy Arc

join:2006-04-10

Greenwood, SC 10 recommendations Hazy Arc Member Coincidence? I'm sure it's totally a coincidence that most of the gig markets are exactly where Google Fiber or other providers are already installing gigabit capability. Lazlow

join:2006-08-07

Saint Louis, MO 8 recommendations Lazlow Member Finish 100Mbps update first? I still do not get why some sections of some markets still have a base of 60Mbps(some even less) when the base is supposedly 100Mbps. Some parts of town here have 100Mbps and others are 60Mpbs. After the first couple of weeks of the 100Mbps "wave", it seems you either have it already or not going to see it. etaadmin

join:2002-01-17

united state 6 recommendations etaadmin Member Well, well, hell froze over I'm glad we didn't have to wait until 2025 like some negative posts predicted.



The funny thing is the timing of the upgrades and the "leaked" memo... one day after the infamous net neutrality vote. Nucleartx

join:2016-09-08

Belton, TX 5 recommendations Nucleartx Member I'm getting bumped Going to be 400/20 next week in my area. cooldude9919

join:2000-05-29 4 recommendations cooldude9919 Member Notice Something Anyone notice all of these markets look to be legacy TWC locations? From what i can see it is every one of them (or close). I guess that makes sense, as pre charter acquisition TWC was doing some investing and upgrades (MAXX, etc) where as charter really wasn't. This seems to reinforce that line of thinking. xthepeoplesx

join:2013-10-21 4 recommendations xthepeoplesx Member Columbus, still 100x10? Why Cincy and dayton getting gigabit and 400mbps? Is it because Cincy bell has gigabit already? Why no love for Columbus which is still 100mbps? Just feels like Charter has given up the area to WOW and ATT.



Side question, will the latency go down for the folks getting gigabit and docsis 3.1?

Packeteers

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join:2005-06-18

Forest Hills, NY ·Verizon FiOS

·Charter

Asus RT-AC3100

(Software) Asuswrt-Merlin

2 recommendations Packeteers Premium Member 200:10 ???



after sniffing my down:upload ratios for months on fios

i've come to the conclusion i need a ratio of 10.0:1.5

so for 200 to pay from charter i would need 30 upload.



I wonder if 3/1 $15/mo ELP's will get anything...

I'll check with my ELP neighbor next weekend to see. so no upload bump (for current nyc 100:10) at all - that kind of suxafter sniffing my down:upload ratios for months on fiosi've come to the conclusion i need a ratio of 10.0:1.5so for 200 to pay from charter i would need 30 upload.I wonder if 3/1 $15/mo ELP's will get anything...I'll check with my ELP neighbor next weekend to see. Purnerdyl00

join:2016-02-08

Queensbury, NY 2 recommendations Purnerdyl00 Member Glad Charter is pushing upgrades Glad also NY is on the forefront of these upgrades, except for gigabit, but 400/20 is nice.