Bob Barlow<\/I>
\nPresident of Oceanic Time Warner Cable<\/p>\n
Looking back on the past 40 years of the cable business, it is remarkable to see what has happened to our industry. From being just a provider of TV channels, Oceanic Time Warner Cable has evolved into a high-tech communications company providing a diversity of signal protocols including HD and 3-D digital TV, local and long-distance telephone, Intelligent Home security and high-speed Internet. What is even more amazing is the unbelievable expansion of the Internet.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
Remember when the thrill of getting online was simply hearing “You got mail!”? Since then, the Internet has exploded into a literal big bang of services and products: government assistance, retail department stores, electronic books, worldwide radio stations and streaming movies and TV programs.<\/p>\n
A recent study indicates that more than 50 percent of Internet traffic in North America is video streaming. What that means is the cable industry has come full circle: from delivering TV channels through coaxial wire to delivering Internet video through optical fiber. This is the key to our business model in the future.<\/p>\n
Since 2011, our Internet speeds have increased from 2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 Mbps to 50 Mbps. And we are now proud to offer<\/p>\n
the fastest Internet speeds ever in Hawaii: 100 Mbps. What can you do with 100 Mbps? It is not so much pure speed to one device, but providing speed to multiple devices at the same time. Wi-Fi routers, laptop PCs, smartphones, tablets, Blu-ray players, video games, Rokus, Internet-connected TVs, and the list goes on. While each device is vying for more and more bandwidth, we are busy engineering ways to increase our download capacity.<\/p>\n
Look for even more speeds in the years to come: 200, 300 and 500 Mbps and even up to 1 Gbps. At Oceanic Time Warner Cable, we’re excited about what the future will bring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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