Comcast brings gigabit Internet service to Huntsville, Ala., homes
Huntsville, Ala., will soon join Chattanooga as another “Gig city” with super-fast internet connections for residential service, courtesy of Comcast.
The cable TV giant is announcing plans today to offer gigabit Internet service to residential and business customers in Huntsville later this year with its DOCSIS 3.1 technology, which uses the existing wiring that most people already have in their homes and offices. To get the new service, all customers will need to do is install a new cable modem.
“We know that high-speed internet is the infrastructure of the future, and it is absolutely necessary for communities to remain competitive for economic development and attractive to people looking to move to Huntsville,” said Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle. “We appreciate Comcast’s efforts to bring gigabit-speed Internet service to Huntsville, and look forward to the benefit that this technology will deliver to our residents and businesses.”
Comcast has not yet priced its Huntsville service, but say they’ve had a good response in other markets where the service is priced at $139.95, and have tested promotional pricing of $70.
Local gas prices decline again
The average price of gasoline fell again last week in Chattanooga despite a sight uptick in prices nationwide, according to GasBuddy.com. The online gas price service said Chattanooga gas prices declined an average 0.4 cents per gallon last week to $1.98 per gallon.
Local gas prices remained 29 cents per gallon less than the U.S. average of $2.27 per gallon. But prices at the pump were still 53.2 cents per gallon above the low reached a year ago at this time.
“The era of falling gasoline prices will likely be coming to an end soon at a gas station near you,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com. “Not to say declines are completely done, but over the next few weeks we’ll likely see more times when stations are raising their prices then dropping them, thanks to gasoline demand that will soon begin recovering and crude oil imports that will soon reflect OPEC’s lower output.”
Sears and Kmart remove Trump products online
Sears and Kmart have evicted some Trump-branded items from their online stores, but say hundreds of branded items are still available through its third-party online marketplace. The company wouldn’t specify how many Donald Trump or Ivanka Trump items it removed. It’s another sign of how companies are trying to tread a careful line, after the president rebuked Nordstrom publicly for deciding to stop selling his daughter’s clothing and accessories line.
EU forecasts UK slump during Brexit talks
The European Union is down on British economic forecasts in the wake of the Brexit decision while it paints a more optimistic picture of for the whole of the bloc the next two years. In its 2017 Winter Economic Forecast, the EU says that for Britain, “economic growth is projected to moderate in 2017 and weaken further in 2018.”