Charter Launches 60 Mbps Internet Service

February 4, 2009

By Jennifer Hull

Charter Communications has announced the launch of Charter High-Speed Internet Ultra 60, delivering speeds of 60 Mbps. The service is now available to Charter customers in the St. Louis metropolitan area with additional markets to follow. The company also said it will be upgrading Charter High-Speed Internet Max from 16 Mbps to 20 Mbps nationwide in the near future. The upgrade will be automatic for Charter High-Speed Internet Max customers at no additional cost.

Charter High-Speed Internet Ultra60 Delivers 60 Mbps

“Not only are we delivering the fastest speed today, but our infrastructure has the capacity to support even higher speeds as demand and usage grow,” said Ted Schremp, Charter’s chief marketing officer. “Charter’s ability to provide increasingly greater bandwidth is critical to our customers’ use and enjoyment of the Internet and delivers greater value. It also highlights our growing superiority over DSL service.”

Charter High-Speed Internet Max Customers to Receive Free Upgrade

Charter High-Speed Internet Ultra60 not only enables a customer to download a 4 gigabyte movie approximately 40 times faster than with DSL, but also allows users to multi-task more effectively. Users can access multiple stream sources simultaneously to download music, watch a movie trailer, catch up on e-mail, or surf the Internet on one screen. With 20 Mbps speed, a 2.5 minute movie trailer downloads in just 4 seconds.

As with all Charter high-speed services, Charter High-Speed Internet Ultra60 includes Charter Security Suite virus protection at no additional cost. Charter offers additional value-added enhancements including wireless home networking. Charter uses DOCSIS 3.0 technology for Charter High-Speed Internet Ultra60 launches, which also serves as the foundation to offer even faster connections in the future.