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Cable One Commits to Major System Upgrades: More Speed, Better Reliability Promised

Phillip Dampier April 25, 2013 Broadband Speed, Cable One, Consumer News, Data Caps, Rural Broadband 1 Comment

cableoneCable One has announced it will invest $60 million in network upgrades across 42 cable systems in its mostly rural footprint to enhance reliability and deliver faster Internet service.

The cable operator, owned by the Washington Post, has been criticized for outdated infrastructure and poor service, particularly in Mississippi.

”We’re committed to delivering the best possible experience to our customers,” said Cable One CEO Tom Might. “We’re confident that this investment will ensure that our customers will receive superior service in the speed, reliability, and the overall performance of our services.”

The two-year upgrade project aims to replace amplifiers, split broadband customers who share a backbone connection into smaller groups, replace aging coaxial cable and improve the cable company’s fiber optic backbone.

The upgrade might allow the company to consider relaxing its draconian usage cap and speed throttle policies, which force customers to choose between an uncapped 5Mbps connection (with a speed throttle for those using more than 3GB per day) or a 50/2Mbps connection with caps as low as 50GB per month (overlimit fees: $0.50-1.00/each extra gigabyte.)

Cable One currently offers two levels of Internet service: an uncapped 5Mbps plan for $50 a month and a 50/2Mbps plan for $50 a month with a 50-100GB monthly usage cap, depending on the package bundle. Usage is measured between 8am-12 midnight. Users on the uncapped 5Mbps plan are subject to speed throttling if they exceed 3GB of usage per day.

Cable One now offers two levels of Internet service: an uncapped 5Mbps plan for $50 a month and a 50/2Mbps plan for $50 a month with a 50-100GB monthly usage cap, depending on the package bundle. Usage is measured between 8am-12 midnight. Users on the uncapped 5Mbps plan are subject to speed throttling if they exceed 3GB of usage per day.

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Brad Turner
Brad Turner
11 years ago

We have CableOne service in Joplin, MO and they are, indeed, terrible with their crazy schemes. They have recently made an incredibly minor improvement, however, in that their 50mbps plans are all capped at 100 gigs now (instead of the base 50 gigs) and a contract is no longer required (you previously had to commit to an entire year!) While still quite awful, it’s nice to have at least a tiny improvement given our limited options here in town. Also, despite their claims of throttling, I use way more than 3 gigs of bandwidth every day, I regularly speed test… Read more »

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