Zito Media buys Alabama Telecom
COUDERSPORT – Residents and businesses in Heflin and Cleburne counties in Alabama have a new internet and television service provider, beginning July 29.
Coudersport-based Zito Media, a remnant of the defunct Adelphia Corporation, continues to mimmick the former telecommunications giant by buying up small telecommunications companies across the southern United States.
In a letter to customers, Zito says one of their top priorities “will be to perform system upgrades that will enable us to deliver high-speed internet and digital voice services to all of our Alabama customers. These upgrades are scheduled to begin immediately, and we expect our initial high-speed internet and digital voice launch to be as early as September 1.”
With all of Zito’s activity outside of Coudersport, one is left wondering what the company has in store for its hometown – currently customers are limited to cable internet (speeds up to 8Mb/s), while some neighboring communities enjoy ultra-high speed services, such as Verizon’s FiOS and Time Warner’s Roadrunner services, which offer speeds up to 50Mb/s.
Customers in the Alabama counties of Heflin and Cleburne, who were recently served by Charter and Cobridge, were assured rates would not increase during the switch.
