MetroCast Communications, which offers internet, video, and phone services in New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia announced broadband speed upgrades for its residential and business customers. The company says the peppier speeds increase MetroCast’s “Ultra” package up to 150 Mbps and its “Turbo” package up to 50 Mbps. Current MetroCast Ultra and Turbo customers will automatically be upgraded to the new speeds in early January, MetroCast says in a statement. It adds that speed increases will be available in King George and Bowling Green, Va., in Q1 2017.
The company reports it has tripled its top residential internet speed in the last three years, and the 150 Mbps offering is almost 10 times faster than the national average for downstream speeds. That’s based on the average high-speed data offering according to Akamai’s “The State of the Internet” report, Q3 2016, which puts it at 16.3 Mbps through the third quarter.
MetroCast also announced that it will push up its business-class internet speeds beginning in early January, including its Professional Internet service, which will have speeds up to 200 Mbps. MetroCast also offers businesses a suite of dedicated fiber services with speeds up to 1 Gbps.
A DOCSIS 3.0 modem is required to receive MetroCast internet services.
