Mediacom announces Gigabit Internet speed rollout

Mediacom Communications Wednesday announced the company has launched 1 Gig Internet service across its entire Iowa footprint. 

The company says such service is now available to all of the nearly 1 million households in the more than 300 Iowa communities served by Mediacom.

"Since 1999, Mediacom has invested $3 billion of private capital in Iowa to ensure...the Hawkeye State receives the same advanced communications services as America's largest cities," said Mediacom founder and CEO Rocco B. Commisso.  "As a result of these investments, I am extremely proud to announce that Iowa is not only Mediacom's first gigabit state, but now leads all U.S. states in gigabit broadband availability."