Mediacom to expand business broadband in Albany area
Company will target unserved and underserved business locations in the metro area
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From Staff Reports
ALBANY — Mediacom Business, a division of Mediacom Communications Corporation, on Monday announced an initiative to extend its scalable, high-capacity broadband network to hundreds of commercial properties in Albany and surrounding communities.
Dubbed “Project Open Road,” this effort to put gigabit internet speeds within immediate reach of more local businesses is part of Mediacom’s broader plan to invest $1 billion over the next three years to, among other projects, upgrade and expand its local and national broadband network.
“Targeting unserved and underserved business locations in the greater Albany region, Mediacom will build its advanced broadband facilities to the doorstep of commercial properties,” said Dan Templin, senior vice president for Mediacom Business. “In certain areas of the city, construction costs and installation timeframes have been barriers to connecting customers. The goal of Project Open Road is to eliminate those issues and give more businesses the option of immediate serviceability.”
Templin added the project will enhance the value of commercial buildings by connecting those properties with the highest quality communications services available in the market.
“In today’s highly competitive commercial real estate marketplace, high-capacity broadband accessibility is absolutely necessary to attract and maintain quality tenants,” he said. “Mediacom Business offers a superior option for data and voice solutions over providers who use aging technology like DSL or T1 lines to deliver service.”
The company has conducted extensive desktop surveys and physical walk-out studies to identify commercial properties for network expansion. Over the next six months, the division plans to approach property owners to request rights of entry. Once permission is granted, Mediacom will be able to wire these locations and offer business tenants on each of these premises high-speed connectivity.
Construction is expected to begin later this year and continue into additional designated market areas through the first half of 2017.
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