Spectrum Launches Spectrum Internet® Gig and Spectrum Business® Internet Gig in Evansville and other Kentuckiana Communities

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Spectrum Launches Spectrum Internet® Gig and Spectrum Business® Internet Gig in Evansville and other Kentuckiana Communities

October 9, 2018

EVANVILLE, Indiana (October 9, 2018) – Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet Gig for residential customers and Spectrum Business Internet Gig for small and medium-sized business clients in the communities of Evansville, Newburgh, Chandler, Jasper and Warrick and Spencer Counties in Indiana and Owensboro and Mogranfield, Kentucky, featuring the deployment of DOCSIS 3.1 internet services delivering a 1 Gbps connection to the home or business.

Spectrum is fully committed to bringing faster internet speeds to the communities it serves with no modem fees or data caps. Priced at $104.99 per month for new residential customers, Spectrum Internet Gig is now available to more than 95 percent of the company’s footprint, and will be available throughout virtually all of Spectrum’s 41-state service area by the end of 2018.

“Spectrum’s state-of-the-art, fiber-rich network allows us to deploy dramatically faster broadband speeds, including gigabit connections, broadly and rapidly,” said Tom Rutledge, Charter Communications Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “As consumer demands for bandwidth and capacity grow, our world-class network is best-positioned to meet these demands, today and into the future.”

With Spectrum Internet Gig, residential customers have access to faster and more powerful internet speeds for streaming video, online gaming, downloading music and more across multiple devices without sacrificing performance. Spectrum Internet Gig is offered with no data caps or contracts, includes a modem and free in-home WiFi, and is backed by a 30-day money back guarantee. For more information on Spectrum’s full suite of advanced broadband services, please visit www.spectrum.com.

Spectrum Business Internet Gig is available to new customers starting at $249.99 per month, which includes a modem, customer WiFi for businesses with public seating or lobby areas, custom domain and email addresses, cloud backup and desktop security software at no additional charge. For more details on Spectrum Business’ full suite of advanced solutions, visit www.business.spectrum.com or call 1-855-272-8857.

SIA / SHA Event with Rep. Ryan Hatfield – Evansville, IN

July 12, 2018

Event Summary: On Thursday, July 12 at 4p, Charter Communications was joined by State Representative Ryan Hatfield (D-Evansville) and Carver Community Organization leaders at Carver’s Annual Intergenerational Wellness Fair to present information about Spectrum Internet Assist and distribute Spectrum Housing Assist Safe and Healthy Home Kits. More than two hundred Carver Community Organization seniors, students and families attended the event.

At the event Charter announced a $5,000 charitable donation to the Carver Community Organization. Our donation will provide computer work stations in the Carver Senior Center, empowering seniors to maintain their independence and more fully engage in the digital world. Carver will also use a portion of the funds to support updates in its STEAM-focused Carver Science Lab, including the addition of a robotics platform. Additionally, Charter raffled off a Chrome Notebook to one lucky senior citizen in attendance.
VIP Attendees:

  • State Representative Ryan Hatfield (D-Evansville)
  • David Wagner, Executive Director of the Carver Community Organization

Press:

City-County Observer: Carver Community Organization Intergenerational Wellness Event

44 News: Community Care: Carver Wellness Fair

 

Social Media Highlights (pictures of tweets/FB posts):
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Above (L-R): Patrick Haggerty, Connie Luck, LeeAnn Herrera, Rep. Ryan Hatfield, David Wagner (Executive Director of the Carver Community Organization), Margaret Bailey-Stewart

 

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Above: Rep. Ryan Hatfield (left) and LeeAnn Herrera (right) present a new Chromebook and Spectrum backpack to Ms. Patty, the winner of the drawing and a senior volunteer at the Carver Community Organization.

Comcast and Charter reportedly talking with Sprint to offer wireless service

June 27, 2017

By Jacob Kastrenakes

Sprint’s merger talks with T-Mobile are temporarily on hold while the carrier mulls over a number of potential deals with the United States’ two biggest cable companies, Comcast and Charter, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The trio of companies have reportedly agreed to a two-month exclusivity period on cutting a deal. Comcast and Charter appear to be interested in reselling Sprint’s wireless service under their own name. That’s something Comcast has already been doing with Verizon, and it could use Sprint’s network to improve coverage.

Such a deal would likely involve the two cable companies making an investment in Sprint, which the carrier would then use to build out its network, generally known to be the worst of the four major phone service providers. The Journal also reports that Comcast and Charter could make a bid to acquire Sprint outright, but it said the outcome was seen as less likely.

Though they’re usually an unlikely pairing, Comcast and Charter agreed in May to team up when making deals around wireless coverage for a full year. For the most part, both companies have been slowly losing TV subscribers year after year as customers shift over to online services. They see phone service as a new offering that could help to restore growth and lock in subscribers.

Comcast started launching its Xfinity Mobile phone service last month. The service uses Verizon’s network for mobile data, but it also relies on the 16 million Wi-Fi hot spots Comcast has placed throughout its wired coverage area. Because it has to pay Verizon for all data usage, Comcast tries to offload as much as possible to its Wi-Fi network. Bringing Sprint into the equation could provide it with a better deal on data and expand coverage to new areas.

Charter doesn’t have a wireless phone offering yet, but the company’s CEO indicated last year that it has every intention of launching one. Like Comcast, Charter also has a deal with Verizon to use the carrier’s network. So by teaming up, the two cable providers can get a better deal for their own wireless networks, while very likely continuing their practice of never actually competing with one another by only offering service in areas that they already have wired coverage.

None of this means that Sprint’s talks with T-Mobile are done for. Though Comcast and Charter seem to have teamed up for the express purpose of talks like this, the Journal doesn’t say there’s a clear indication that a deal will be made. And even if they do make an investment in Sprint, that still doesn’t mean Sprint won’t ultimately be bought up by T-Mobile, which has been eyeing it for months.