Cox Bumping $99 Ultimate Tier From 150 to 300 Mbps

From DSLR, I am ecstatic to see this!

Cox Communications says the company is deploying a speed upgrade in Arizona that will double the downstream speed of its "Ultimate" Internet tier from 150 Mbps to 300 Mbps, while also bumping its upstream speed from 20 Mbps to 30 Mbps. According to the company announcement, users in the Arizona market should begin noticing the boost starting in September.

Cox says the company will announce similar increases for Cox High Speed Internet Ultimate in other unspecified markets later this year.

Cox is quick to note that the company has increased Internet speeds more than 1,000 percent on its most popular packages over the past 14 years including doubling the speeds of its most popular speeds late last year. Cox's Ultimate tier usually costs somewhere around $100 a month depending on promotions and regional competition.

Earlier in 2015, the company made the download speeds for Cox High Speed Internet Starter package five times faster and its Cox High Speed Essential package became three times faster.