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12/07/2016
Charter Eyes 10-Gbps Broadband
Charter Communications chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge said the cable operator is moving toward a future where broadband speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second are possible, but stopped short of pinpointing exactly when that future will be.
At the UBS Media and Communications conference in New York, Rutledge pointed to the cable operator’s current MVNO agreement with Verizon, which he said could take hold in late 2017 or 2018. But building on that deal – which would allow Charter to resell a Verizon wireless service under its own brand – would be an even faster wireline service that Rutledge said could open up a “whole new industry.”
Rutledge said there are already about 200 million wireless devices connected to Charter’s wireline network and about 80% of the bits on a mobile company’s network travel through that same network.
“We are a wireless company,” Rutledge said.
