Altice USA (Euronext:ATC) is now offering Suddenlink gigabit Internet service in Natchitoches, LA. The company also increased the speeds of some other residential Internet packages for existing customers.
Altice currently offers gigabit speeds based on DOCSIS 3.0 in more than 40 markets. Last week, the company announced plans for a 10 Gbps fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network across its U.S. footprint, with deployment scheduled to start next year.
"Today's announcement is the next step in Operation GigaSpeed, the company-wide plan we announced in August of 2014," said Altice USA Co-President and Chief Operating Officer Hakim Boubazine. "In sharp contrast to other large providers, which are offering a Gigabit service primarily to a few neighborhoods in large urban markets, we're pleased to be making our Suddenlink Gigabit service available in all of the neighborhoods and to all of the households and businesses we serve throughout Natchitoches."
Local businesses also will have access to the new gigabit service.
Altice has also upgraded residential high-speed internet customers with current downstream speeds up to 75 and 100 Mbps to 100 and 200 Mbps, respectively, at no charge. The standard Suddenlink residential Internet downstream speeds in Natchitoches are now 50, 100, and 200 Mbps, and 1 Gbps.
In Louisiana, Suddenlink 1 Gbps Internet services are now available in Lake Charles and Sulphur, Bossier City and nearby communities, Alexandria and Pineville, and DeRidder, as well as Natchitoches.
In other Altice news, the company has upgraded its video services in Suddenlink's Gladewater, TX, and Branson/Hollister Tri-Lakes markets to all-digital. The digital video upgrades, in addition to adding 30+ channels, are intended to free up bandwidth for later Internet speed upgrades.
