Consolidated Communications Completes 500,000
Broadband Upgrades throughout Northern New England
Increased
broadband speeds benefit residents and small businesses
Consolidated Communications, Inc., today announced it has
completed more than 500,000 broadband upgrades across Northern New England this
year offering faster speeds to residents and small businesses.
“We’re pleased to complete
our commitment to upgrade 500,000 homes and small businesses throughout
Northern New England with faster broadband speeds,” said Bob Udell, president
and chief executive officer of Consolidated Communications. “We’re committed to
bringing faster broadband speeds and enhanced services to Maine, Vermont and
New Hampshire. And, we’re continuing to invest to offer enhanced products and
services and increased network reliability and stability.”
Upgraded homes and
businesses throughout New England will be able to get speeds two to three times
faster than what was previously available. Additionally, consumers now have
access to the latest, on-demand streaming content including: HBO Now®,
DIRECTV NowSM, and fuboTV. The company’s MyCCIAccount.com center
enables existing customers to place new orders and upgrade services online.
Businesses also are
benefiting from new services, such as: Consolidated’s Distributed
Denial of Service Mitigation (DDoS), a solution that monitors,
detects and mitigates the most complex DDoS attacks; SD-WAN,
a software-based network technology that provides a simplified management and
automation of WAN connections; BusinessOne,
a high-speed data and voice solution designed for small and medium-sized
businesses; MPLS (Multi-Protocol
Label Switching) offering businesses fast, flexible, and secure data
transmission for their WAN needs and Cloud Peer
Connect, direct, private access to major application service providers.
Source: Consolidated Communications media announcement
