Blue Ridge Communications will be delivering faster internet speeds to businesses throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Blue Ridge offers businesses seven options of internet speed.

“This plan has been in the works for a while,” said Mark Masenheimer, vice president of Operations for Blue Ridge.

“As summer draws to a close, we believe the timing is right to make this change as businesses start ramping up for back to school, which also means back to work for most,” he added.

“We are constantly listening to our customers, gathering important feedback on what they want and need to run their business right.

“Reliability and speed at an affordable price is what they desire most and we believe these changes address those desires and then some.”

“For example, current customers that subscribe to our popular speed tier, Pro 30, and have the correct modem equipment, will see their download speed more than triple to 100 mbps while their upload speed increases four fold from 2 mbps to 8 mbps.

In some cases, business customers may require a new modem to receive the new speed. To help existing customers transition to the new speed Blue Ridge will be offering free modem upgrades at their retail stores to those that qualify.

Blue Ridge will be contacting existing customers directly or they can log on to www.blueridgeforbusiness.com to learn more.

New customers have the ability to purchase a Docsis 3.1 modem for $79.95 directly from Blue Ridge or they can rent them for $5.95/month.

“A comparable modem at retail or online costs about $150, we make them available at a significantly reduced cost and just pass those savings onto our customers,” Masenheimer added.

“Blue Ridge is proud to be the internet provider for many businesses throughout Northeastern Pa. and it’s a responsibility we take very seriously. Maintaining and enhancing our network so that our customers receive the best performance and reliability from us is our primary goal.

“We continue to proactively invest in our infrastructure and are excited to make these changes for the commercial businesses we serve,” Masenheimer concluded.

As the nation’s 18th-largest cable company, Blue Ridge Communications is on the cutting edge of home entertainment and information services — providing northeastern and southeastern Pennsylvania with an array of services, including digital TV, high-speed Internet, digital phone, Dream TV powered by TiVo and Smart Home services.