Quebec's Videotron to Boost Cable Modem Speeds

Videotron, which serves 1,423,000 million cable customers in Quebec, plans to boost its cable modem speeds as of 01-Apr-2004. For the basic residential Internet service, the speed of downloads will increase more than 32%, from 3.1 mbps to 4.1 mbps, and upload speeds will more than double, from 350 kbps to 820 kbps. For the "Extreme High-Speed Internet service," download speeds will be boosted more than 12%, from 4 mbps to 4.5 mbps, and upload speeds will increase more than 40%, from 640 kbps to 900 kbps.



Videotron plans to invest nearly $40 million (Canadian) in its broadband network and Internet infrastructure this year. The monthly download limit will be increased from 15 to 20 gigabytes and the upload limit from 5 to 10 gigabytes, for a total of 30 gigabytes.



Videotron currently serves some 430,000 Internet customers by cable modem and dial-up modem. http://www.videotron.com