MetroCast Introduces new faster Internet Speeds

50 Mbps HSD “Ultra” package delivers top speed in region

Waterford, CT (February 21, 2014) – MetroCast Communications, the video, Internet and phone provider with offices in Waterford and Plainfield, Connecticut, has announced a significant speed enhancement for its residential, broadband high speed data (HSD) customers.

MetroCast now offers downstream speeds up to 50 Mbps and upstream speeds up to 5 Mbps.*

MetroCast has increased its top download speed for residential customers four times in the last five years and has doubled it in the last two years.    The 50 Mbps MetroCast offering is more than five times faster than the national average* for downstream speeds and is the fastest residential Internet package available in the MetroCast-Connecticut service area.

“MetroCast customers now have access to the fastest Internet speeds in the region,” said MetroCast regional manager Edward Merrill.  “These speeds will allow customers to stream high definition video content on multiple devices and to enjoy other demanding consumer applications that require top broadband speeds for best performance.”

In addition to its residential Internet products, MetroCast also offers business-class fiber products including Dedicated Internet Access and Point-to-Point with high-capacity bandwidth and symmetrical speeds up to 1Gig.

For more information see www.metrocast.com/high_speed_internet.cfm.

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MetroCast serves more than 35,000 residential and business-class customers in nine Connecticut franchise communities with video, high-speed internet and digital phone service.  MetroCast Customer Service can be reached 24/7/365 at (888) 339-3605 (toll free).   

*DOCSIS 3.0 modem required to receive top HSD speeds.  Speeds may vary and are not guaranteed.  Speed claim based on performance of MetroCast High Speed Ultra product  (up to 50 Mbps) relative to other providers’ residential High Speed Internet offerings within the MetroCast service footprint. The average HSD speed in the United States through Q2 2013 was 8.7 Mbps according to Akamai’s “The State of the Internet” report, Volume 6, Number 2, Q2 2013.