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November 02, 2007
Mstar Intros Fastest Internet Connection in United States
By Anuradha Shukla TMCnet Contributing Editor
Mstar, an Utah-based provider of Internet, TV and Phone services over an all-fiber IP
network, now claims to provide the nation’s fastest Internet connection with its new 50Mbps residential product.
The service provider began offering a 50Mbps connection to the Internet over the UTOPIA network from Oct. 22.
Ben Gould, Mstar’s president and chief executive officer said the United States has consistently been dropping in worldwide broadband rankings since 2001 and expressed his company’s pride to finally have a product right here in Utah that can keep pace with the top-ranked broadband markets around the world.
While Mstar’s standard 15Mbps product was already a star performer, the new 50Mbps symmetrical connection is at least four times faster than the fastest cable connections on download speeds and more than 10 times faster on uploads. The company refers to a new customer who spent more than 20 minutes to upload six photos using his old high-speed cable service. With his new Mstar fiber-optic connection the customer now completes the same upload in less than 20 seconds.
“With this connection, the Web sites you visit or your PC will now be the limiting factors to the speed you experience, but you’ll absolutely have the fastest connection to the Internet available in the United States today,” said Gould in a statement.
The president further explained that with new, Web-based technologies coming online every day, increased broadband capability becomes more and more important. Mstar’s unique fiber-optic technology allows them to offer their customers more bandwidth than providers over antiquated copper-wire technology. He believes Mstar’s 50Mbps Internet connection lays the groundwork for a true converged IP experience.
In the near future Mstar intends to add the ability for users to control their phone, TV, home security, even home appliances from the Web.
“The problem has always been where to find the bandwidth to do that. That’s not a problem in a fiber-optics to the home network,” said Gould.
Currently the 50Mbps product is available to Mstar customers only on the UTOPIA network, or the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency. UTOPIA includes 14 Utah cities that have come together to create one of the nation's largest, fastest and most robust fiber-optic networks.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet, covering call centers, CRM and information technology. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
Don't forget to check out TMCnet’s White Paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.
network, now claims to provide the nation’s fastest Internet connection with its new 50Mbps residential product.
The service provider began offering a 50Mbps connection to the Internet over the UTOPIA network from Oct. 22.
Ben Gould, Mstar’s president and chief executive officer said the United States has consistently been dropping in worldwide broadband rankings since 2001 and expressed his company’s pride to finally have a product right here in Utah that can keep pace with the top-ranked broadband markets around the world.
While Mstar’s standard 15Mbps product was already a star performer, the new 50Mbps symmetrical connection is at least four times faster than the fastest cable connections on download speeds and more than 10 times faster on uploads. The company refers to a new customer who spent more than 20 minutes to upload six photos using his old high-speed cable service. With his new Mstar fiber-optic connection the customer now completes the same upload in less than 20 seconds.
“With this connection, the Web sites you visit or your PC will now be the limiting factors to the speed you experience, but you’ll absolutely have the fastest connection to the Internet available in the United States today,” said Gould in a statement.
The president further explained that with new, Web-based technologies coming online every day, increased broadband capability becomes more and more important. Mstar’s unique fiber-optic technology allows them to offer their customers more bandwidth than providers over antiquated copper-wire technology. He believes Mstar’s 50Mbps Internet connection lays the groundwork for a true converged IP experience.
In the near future Mstar intends to add the ability for users to control their phone, TV, home security, even home appliances from the Web.
“The problem has always been where to find the bandwidth to do that. That’s not a problem in a fiber-optics to the home network,” said Gould.
Currently the 50Mbps product is available to Mstar customers only on the UTOPIA network, or the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency. UTOPIA includes 14 Utah cities that have come together to create one of the nation's largest, fastest and most robust fiber-optic networks.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet, covering call centers, CRM and information technology. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
Don't forget to check out TMCnet’s White Paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.
