Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN) says it delivered 12 consecutive months of Internet subscriber growth through February. The company added approximately 14,400 Kinetic Internet customers in 2018, and that growth 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, 100 Mbps service is available to approximately 34% of households in Windstream's footprint.
The company expects 100 Mbps service to be available to approximately 40% of its households passed by mid-2019.
In addition, 50 Mbps service is available in 50% of the company's footprint, and 25 Mbps service is available in 64% of its footprint.
