Frontier prepares to battle Google in Portland OR’s suburbs

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/07/frontier_communications_facing.html

Frontier Communications chief executive Maggie Wilderotter suggests that customers don’t need a gig as Google Fiber prepares to launch its services in the Portland area, perhaps as soon as next year.

Google promises “gigabit” speeds for residential users – 1,000 megabits per second, roughly 20 times a typical broadband Internet connection today. Frontier, who serves Portland’s suburbs since acquiring Verizon’s FiOS service four years ago, offers 15 mbps for $30 a month in the area. Ms. Wilderotter says that, ‘..for most people, 10 to 12 megabits per second will be perfectly adequate for at least the next couple years.’