Florida Provider Wire 3: Megabit Broadband Speeds Are “Obsolete”

Announcements about multi-gigabit fiber broadband offerings are not as exciting today as they were a year or two ago, now that more and more providers are offering those speeds. But one provider has devised a way to stand out. Florida-based provider Wire 3 has opted to no longer offer any speeds below a gigabit, and to draw attention to this move, the company issued an announcement declaring that megabit speeds are obsolete. “Fiber optic internet affords consumers freedom from lagging, buffering, and throttled upload speeds, but other companies are still offering 300 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and even 25 Mbps plans. It’s time to stop accepting megabits in a gigabit world, and to lower the barrier of entry for people to embrace the coming technologies,” said Wire 3 CEO Jai Ramachandran.