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3 weeks ago | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Peter Holslin
How and where to get T-Mobile fiber T-Mobile already made a big splash with its 5G Home Internet service, but now the cellular carrier is expanding its fiber network with the purchase of Lumos. The deal comes with about half a million fiber customers for T-Mobile, and the company plans to build out the network to reach another 3.5 million homes by 2028. The Lumos acquisition follows T-Mobile’s 2023 entrance into the fiber marketplace.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
Verizon Achieves 5.5 Gig Download Speeds on 5G Verizon has clocked an incredible 5.5Gbps of download speed on 5G tech, proving the company is positioning itself for a mobile future. Speeds like that are fast enough to download 266 albums per minute or stream over 3,000 TV episodes per hour. They can also easily accommodate cutting-edge technologies like virtual reality (VR) gaming and artificial intelligence (AI).
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
Wireless and fiber customers get bill credits for outages of 20–60 minutes or longer AT&T is on a mission to set itself apart as the leader in converged services, and its latest offensive is a customer guarantee to provide service credits to wireless and fiber internet customers in case of certain outages. There’s also a promise for better customer service when you call in or need a technician to come out and help.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
Usage and Availability in the United States Understanding how and why we use the internet is vital to making sense of today’s world, and we’ve seen enormous changes over the last few decades. In 2024, more than 97% of Americans say they use the internet—that’s 333.1 million people, up by 51 million since 2015. Still, about 9.78 million Americans don’t use the internet, and more than 5 million households don’t have a computer.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
How getting fiber internet could put money in your pocket A new study by the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) claims fiber internet deployment could add $3.24 billion to the U.S. economy, and it follows that you could get thousands in extra income or increased property value if you get fiber installed at your home. Frontier Communications co-commissioned the study, and they are already sold on fiber (so am I, for the record).
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
Is the company's fiber internet worth the $40 monthly price tag? Optimum has persuaded over half a million customers to try its fiber internet service. That’s about 17% of all customers who could get the service, according to a press release from the company. The cheapest fiber plan from Optimum costs $40 per month, with speeds up to 300Mbps.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
Sparklight is offering pay-as-you-go internet that lets you skip credit checks, deposits, and recurring billing. Every plan comes with unlimited data, and you get four speed options. Professional installation and Wi-Fi equipment are included, while supplies last. The plans first showed up on Oct. 1, 2024, in the Google Play store. Then, they were announced during an investor call on Nov. 7, 2024, and arrived later as purchase options for shoppers on Sparklight.com.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
Troubleshoot your T-Mobile Internet signal and learn how to get help in case of an outage T-Mobile Home Internet has occasional outages and slowdowns because of the way it uses cell signal from T-Mobile’s network of 5G towers. Other times, the problem is just on your end—and that’s good news! It may mean getting back online fast. We’ll walk you through troubleshooting steps, and if nothing works, we’ll help you contact T-Mobile to report an outage and get help.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
Frontier customers could get higher prices but better bundling options Verizon’s purchase of Frontier is looking more likely, and it could mean an increase of $10 to $30 on monthly bills for customers who currently subscribe to Frontier services. The most recent hurdle to the proposed $20 billion sale was crossed during a special shareholder meeting on Nov. 13, when 63% of Frontier shareholders voted to approve the deal.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
highspeedinternet.com | Chili Palmer |Jessica Brooksby
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