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Wave Broadband launches residential gigabit internet service in Washington, Oregon, California

by Taylor Soper on November 16, 2017November 15, 2017 at 10:20 pm1 Comment

Wave Broadband is expanding its gigabit broadband internet service to residential and small business customers on the West Coast. The company today announced that its high-speed 1,000 Mbps service is… Read More

Comcast to offer residential gigabit in Seattle, Bay Area, other cities early next year

by Taylor Soper on November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 at 9:22 am 3 Comments

Most residential Comcast Xfinity customers will soon have the ability to purchase gigabit Internet service through the cable provider in Seattle, Portland, and a handful of other cities. The company today announced that… Read More

Wave Broadband launches gigabit internet in Portland for $80 per month

by Taylor Soper on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 at 7:20 amComment

A handful of residential buildings in Portland now have a new option for gigabit internet. Wave Broadband announced today that it now offers its Wave G gigabit service to 1,200… Read More

Wave Broadband acquires Silicon Valley Internet provider Layer42 in West Coast expansion plan

by Jacob Demmitt on September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 at 8:12 amComment

Wave Broadband announced on Thursday it has acquired Layer42 Networks, an Internet and colocation company that serves businesses around the San Francisco Bay Area. The acquisition, which is No. 18… Read More

CenturyLink launches Prism TV service in Seattle, brings competition for Comcast

by Taylor Soper on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 at 8:31 am 11 Comments

CenturyLink is launching a new TV service in Seattle today, bringing about competition for existing providers like Comcast and Wave Broadband. The service, called Prism TV, is already available in 16 cities… Read More

CenturyLink gigabit Internet reaches 100,000 Seattle households ahead of schedule

by Jacob Demmitt on July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 at 9:50 am 23 Comments

CenturyLink’s 1 gigabit Internet service now reaches 100,000 households in Seattle, up from 60,000 it boasted previously. The company said in May it hoped to hit the milestone by the end of… Read More

Wave launches residential gigabit Internet in San Francisco for $80 per month

by Taylor Soper on June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 at 9:41 am 4 Comments

Wave Broadband’s residential gigabit efforts in California are underway. The company today announced that it is now offering gigabit service in the San Francisco area, with its Wave G symmetrical… Read More

CenturyLink expands gigabit internet service to more businesses in Washington

by Taylor Soper on May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 at 10:13 amComment

Businesses in the Tacoma area now have access to CenturyLink’s gigabit Internet service. The company announced today that an additional 5,600 business locations in the South Puget Sound — Federal Way,… Read More

CenturyLink adds six more Seattle neighborhoods to gigabit Internet expansion

by Frank Catalano on May 1, 2015May 1, 2015 at 1:16 pm 13 Comments

Without a lot of fanfare, CenturyLink is adding to its gigabit broadband Internet footprint in Seattle, introducing the service in six new neighborhoods. In an update, CenturyLink said it’s starting to expand… Read More

CenturyLink exceeds initial estimates, expands Seattle gigabit Internet to five more neighborhoods

by Frank Catalano on February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 at 11:34 am 21 Comments

CenturyLink is declaring its initial Seattle rollout of gigabit broadband Internet service a success, and is beginning work to expand it to five more neighborhoods. Last August, CenturyLink committed to… Read More

CondoInternet now offering high-speed $80 per month gigabit service in Eastlake

by Taylor Soper on November 12, 2014November 12, 2014 at 2:31 am1 Comment

Those living in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood will soon have access to extremely fast Internet connections for $80 per month. CondoInternet, a subsidiary of Wave Broadband, announced this morning that it will… Read More

Competition for Comcast, CenturyLink? Broadband expert discusses municipal Internet idea for Seattle

by Taylor Soper on October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 at 11:23 am 8 Comments

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray thinks that his citizens deserve faster and cheaper Internet. His constituents probably wouldn’t mind having more choices other than the incumbents like Comcast and CenturyLink. But Seattle… Read More

Seattle lawmakers approve bill that helps telecom companies build fiber networks

by Taylor Soper on September 29, 2014September 29, 2014 at 5:23 pm1 Comment

The Seattle City Council today unanimously approved legislation removing “excessive administrative requirements” for telecom companies that want to build broadband utility boxes in neighborhoods. Previously, companies had to get 60 percent approval and written consent from homeowners… Read More

Google Fiber may expand to new cities like Portland, but not Seattle

by Taylor Soper on February 19, 2014September 6, 2014 at 1:10 am 19 Comments

Today Google named 34 cities as possible expansion locations for its Google Fiber Internet service. Seattle, however, has been left off the list. Google identified nine metro areas — including… Read More

Speedy surfing: CondoInternet expands gigabit Internet service to Ballard

by Taylor Soper on December 10, 2013December 9, 2013 at 11:52 pmComment

While plans for Gigabit Squared to provide lightning-fast Internet throughout Seattle are stalling, CondoInternet doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. The local ISP, a subsidiary of Spectrum Networks… Read More

Ed Murray: ‘To infer that I’m some hack for Comcast doesn’t bear out the facts’

by Taylor Soper on November 1, 2013November 3, 2013 at 11:00 pm 25 Comments

Ed Murray doesn’t understand why his opponent in Tuesday’s mayoral election is accusing him of being “Comcast’s candidate.” A report by the Washington Post published Thursday suggested that Comcast, along with other… Read More

Vancouver startup to offer ridiculously fast gigabit Internet for cheap

by Taylor Soper on July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 at 9:55 am 2 Comments

Laser-quick Internet is already arriving in Seattle soon, and now, our northern neighbors across the border can say the same. A new Vancouver, B.C.-based startup is promising gigabit Internet that’s… Read More

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