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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Mediacom Communications announced on Monday that it has pushed the accelerator pedal to deliver 105-meg Internet download speeds – offering broadband service in Lake County that is more than twice as fast as the speeds it launched just 10 months ago with the innovative technology known as DOCSIS 3.0.
Mediacom’s Ultra 105, now available to homes and businesses in Clearlake, Lakeport and the surrounding area, will download Internet data at a rate of 105 mega-bits-per-second (Mbps).
With its upload speed of 10 Mbps, the service receives and sends data twice as fast as the Ultra 50 Internet service Mediacom introduced in February.
The boost makes Lake County one of only a few non-urban areas in California to offer broadband speeds at or above the 100-mark, according to Shawn Swatosh, Mediacom’s senior operations manager for northern California.
“The speed threshold we set earlier in the year with Ultra 50 has been very popular, but people who consume a lot of bandwidth are asking for even more. Fortunately, our fiber-based network was built with the ability to scale up to the faster speeds of Ultra 105, and it’s ready for future needs as well,” Swatosh said.
He explained that requests for faster speeds have come from local businesses, as well as residential homes where multiple family members use separate laptops, tablets, gaming consoles and other devices to download entertainment, sports programming and other data.
“Customers in Lake County, like consumers nationally, rely on the Internet for more bandwidth-intensive uses than ever before. Our speed boost to Ultra 105 comes on the heels of a new study released by Netflix ranking Mediacom as one of the top 6 fastest major Internet service providers in nation,” Swatosh said. “Millions of consumers stream hours of video content every month, and that’s just one example of the bandwidth consumption that creates the demand for exceptionally-fast broadband performance like Mediacom’s Ultra 50, and now Ultra 105.”
Swatosh said a high-definition (HD) movie (6 gigabytes) can be downloaded in just 8 minutes using Mediacom Ultra 105, as compared to the 8.8 hours it would take to download the same movie using a common 1.5 Mbps DSL service from a traditional phone company.
Online streaming for a standard definition (SD) television show needs just 24 seconds of download time using Ultra 105, compared to 26 minutes with the DSL service.
Mediacom was among the earliest cable companies to offer the new-generation broadband service of DOCSIS 3.0, which it makes available to both residential and business customers. Each Mediacom Ultra 50 or Ultra 105 customer is equipped with a new, more powerful modem configured for the higher Internet speeds.
Mediacom Communications is the nation's eighth largest cable television company and one of the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities in the United States, with a significant concentration in the Midwestern and Southeastern regions.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Post Offices nationwide will be open Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31.
Most Post Offices will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon on these dates. Regular mail delivery will be unaffected by the change.
Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office and commercial customers are asked to check with their Bulk Mail Entry Units for specific information regarding holiday hours of operation.
Blue collection boxes having final collection times before 12 p.m. will not be affected by these changes.
However, collection boxes with final collection times scheduled after that may be collected early. Therefore, mail should be deposited into these mailboxes by 12 p.m. for early pick-up on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.
Customers requiring postal services later on those days are encouraged to contact their local Post Office. Customers also may call 800-ASK-USPS for additional information.
Post Offices will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Express Mail only will be delivered on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. All Post Offices will be open and regular mail delivery will resume Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Providing businesses with economic information about their communities and markets, The Center for Economic Development at California State University, Chico will host its 13th annual Economic Forecast conference on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013.
The conference will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Gold County Event Center in Oroville.
This annual conference provides an in-depth national, state and regional economic forecast providing insight and knowledge about economic trends in the North Valley from Sacramento to Shasta counties.
The event has been expanded and improved to give attendees the critical information needed for successful business, community and strategic planning.
Speakers will include California State Controller John Chiang, who will discuss the state of the California economy and keynote speaker Harry Moser will discuss “The Reshoring Trend: How Northern California Can Get on Board.”
Kevin Klowden, director and managing economist for the California Milken Institute will speak on the global and national economic forecast; Dr. Robert Eyler will discuss the North Valley Economy; and Scott Gruendl, director of Glenn County Health Services, will speak on building regional collaboration. Also featured will be Kish Rajan, director of GoBiz.
For registration, visit http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1095353 .
For more information, call Sandy Linville at 530-898-3857 or visit www.cedcal.com .
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The Cal Expo Board of Directors announced Friday that Rick Pickering will be its new general manager.
Pickering, 54, is currently the chief executive officer of the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton.
Today, the Alameda County Fair is one of the most decorated fairs in the nation and has been deemed the “Fasted Growing Fair in north America” by industry publications, with a 44 percent increase in attendance over the past four years.
Pickering has also served as deputy general manager of the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa and spent 12 years in city government including stints with the cities of Costa Mesa and Torrance.
Pickering is expected to start work on Dec. 28. He succeeds Norb Bartosik, who retires at the end of the year.
The 2013 California State Fair will be held from July 12-28 at Cal Expo in Sacramento.