Still waiting for Verizon’s FiOS to come and light up your neighborhood with blistering download speeds? Now you have something even faster to wait for, with Charter Communications announcing it is launching a 60Mbps broadband service, utilizing DOCSIS 3.0 to fit more bits in the same pipes — not quite the 160Mbps Comcast predicted, but we’ll take it. What the company isn’t announcing is when people will be able to tap into this or how much they’ll pay for the privilege, but hopefully it’ll be a little less than the $140 Verizon is charging.

Update: We found word of prices and, go figure, the service costs exactly the same as FiOS: $140 per month. But, you can save $10 if you bundle it with TV or phone service.

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Charter launching 60Mbps broadband, asks “FiOS what?” originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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