Cablevision announced today a new speed tier for their cable modem service – 101 mbps down and 15 mbps up. To be launched on May 11^th to residential customers, this represents the fastest speed available on any major carrier – and at a reasonable $99/month.

Of course, such speeds are pretty unnecessary unless you’re linking sites via VPN or working with large, large files. Even high definition videoconferencing tops out at around 2 mbps, beneath the 30 mbps down, 5 up offering Cablevision has today.

My Optimum business rep has no announcement yet on a business offering, but I’m hoping it will land at about $120-$130 month.

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