C Spire updates its cable TV and Internet in Flora to fiber optic connection

Customers have chance to get Gigabit broadband Internet access, super HD™ TV and home phone service powered by 100 times faster fiber-optic network infrastructure

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May 12, 2015, 05:49 ET

FLORA, Miss., May 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Flora, a small Mississippi town best known as the gateway to Mississippi's 36 million-year-old petrified forest, may soon be famous for another reason - availability of some of the fastest Internet access in the world.

Flora already receives cable TV and Internet service from C Spire, but the company is upgrading its fiber optic connections – opening up the opportunity for the town's 1,886 residents to keep a modified version of their existing service or choose from a suite of next-generation services, including 100 times faster Internet, Super HD™ TV and home phone.

"With the transition to this new infrastructure platform, we're excited to offer Flora residents the option of updating to our Gigabit Internet and related services," said Suzy Hays, senior vice president for Consumer Markets for C Spire.

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C Spire is a diversified telecommunications and technology services company that provides world-class, customer-inspired wireless communications, 1 Gigabit consumer Internet access as well as a full suite of dedicated Internet, wireless, IP Voice, data and cloud services for businesses. This news release and other announcements are available at www.cspire.com/news. For more information about C Spire, visit www.cspire.com or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cspire or Twitter at www.twitter.com/cspire.

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