Windstream Records Broadband Subscriber Growth

Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN) announced that it delivered 12 consecutive months of broadband subscriber growth through February.

As quoted in the text release:

Windstream added approximately14,400 Kinetic Internet customers in 2018, and that growth has continued through the first two months of 2019.

“Consumers across our 18-state footprint are responding to the significant investments we have made in our broadband network over the past four years,” said Tony Thomas, president and chief executive officer of Windstream. “As a result, more customers than ever before now have access to premium Kinetic Internet speeds.”

Windstream is continuing to expand access to premium speeds in 2019. In the first two months of the year, it made 100 Mbps services available to an additional 800,000 households. Overall, approximately 34 percent of households in Windstream’s footprint now qualify for 100 Mbps.

The company expects approximately 40 percent of households will qualify for 100 Mbps by mid-2019.

In addition, 50 percent of households now qualify for 50 Mbps, and 64 percent of households qualify for 25 Mbps.

Windstream Holdingsis a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions. Windstream provides data networking, core transport, security, unified communications and managed services to mid-market, enterprise and wholesale customers across the U.S.

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