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Iowa to house Fastest Internet Speed in the USA
Ricardo Trejo
I live in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. My ISP is Cox Communications, and I flirt around with speeds averaging about 20mbps. I feel pretty good at the speed I cruise at and I never have to wait long for any sort of media to load. But to the common folk of Waterloo, Iowa, using my internet connection may feel like torture - actually having to wait more than a couple of seconds for a HD Youtube video to load.
Coming soon Waterloo residents will be getting lightning fast speeds that topple over the country's fastest provider, Cablevision. Without the need to dig into streets or do some major rewiring, the upgrades will be done with minimal work; new modems thanks to DOCSIS 3.0 tech.
So what can Iowan's expect to pay for this takedown of speed dams?
"Obviously this product is a platinum level product that is for a different type of consumer. By the time of our rollout we will have prices in place for the high-end target we're trying to reach."
-Mike Kohler, Mediacom
Getting the highest possible speed more than likely won't come cheap, but it's a nice change of pace from all the talk of bandwidth caps and fiber optics. Change is good, or in this case, upgrading.
