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Charter Communications Launches 16 Mbps High-Speed Internet in Michigan

July 9, 2008

Charter Communications has announced the launch of its Charter High-Speed Internet Max service throughout most of the company's service area in Michigan. The high-speed service offers download speeds up to 16 megabits per second (Mbps). Charter Business, which provides services to business, education, and government, also offers up to 16 Mbps high-speed Internet service in Michigan.

Charter 16 Mbps High-Speed Internet is Nine Times Faster Than DSL

"At 16 Mbps, Charter High-Speed Internet Max allows customers to download a song in just 2.5 seconds, or as many as 24 photos in just 8 seconds," said Joe Boullion, vice president and general manager for Charter in Michigan.

Charter High-Speed Internet Max speeds are up to 9 times faster than DSL and 270 times faster than 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.

Charter Communications' Billion Dollar Investment to Enhance Service

Over the past year, Charter Communications, Inc. has invested over a billion dollars in capital to enhance its service capabilities. Charter is a broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. 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 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.