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Windstream Promises 1 Gbps When Many Can't Get 1 Mbps

Windstream has seen a lot of complaints in recent years for a network that can't seem to handle consumer demand, FCC data suggesting the ISP is among the worst when it comes to failing to deliver advertised speeds at peak hours. As such, the company has been making the rounds in recent weeks promising users that upgrades are coming. With limited competition Windstream has limited incentive to upgrade, so most of the Windstream users in our forums complain that nothing tends to change.

On the heels of promising VDSL2 upgrades, Windstream is also (rather ambiguously) promising that they'll soon be offering 1 Gbps service in at least one upcoming market. Maybe. The company's 1 Gbps "announcement" is amusingly ambiguous:
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"We're looking at areas where we have made fiber investments in the past and how we might leverage those fiber investments to provide 1 Gbps service to our customers," Thomas said. "We will launch a market in 2015--at least on a friendly basis if not a full launch--with 1Gbps service."
What precisely a "friendly basis" means isn't clear, though Windstream customers likely shouldn't get their hopes up. Of course that's not likely given that so many users currently struggle to get 1 Mbps thanks to a core network in desperate need of upgrades (as our user reviews will attest). Again though, with so little competition in many Windstream territories, none of this is likely to change anytime soon.

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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Tampa, FL

6 recommendations

brianiscool

Member

1Gbps

The CEO is the only one that will be getting the 1 Gbps service.

Flyonthewall
@teksavvy.com

3 recommendations

Flyonthewall

Anon

Start cancelling service for failure to provide advertised services

Watch them scramble to spend money on upgrades then.