Vivint Claims 100 Mbps Wireless Web Speeds

Vivint has announced Vivint Internet, a wireless broadband service designed to provide symmetrical 100 Mbps Internet speeds for residential customers. The service uses a "hub home" deployment model: Vivint beams high-speed data from local fiber-optic access points to a hub home located centrally in a neighborhood, which then relays Vivint Internet to nearby customer homes. More than 15,000 customers are using Vivint Internet in several pilot cities, including San Antonio and El Paso, TX, and other cities in Utah. Vivint plans to expand its Internet service to three new markets by the end of the year, and to eight new markets in 2016. The company says it can roll out its wireless broadband service to new markets within two to four months of initial announcement. The 100 Mbps service costs $59.99 per month, and VoIP and cloud storage services are available as well.