About 500,000 metro Denver homes can order Prism TV. But CenturyLink would not say how many customers have actually signed up. TV is still new for CenturyLink, which only started rolling out Prism TV in Denver last year after the the service.
Nationwide, Prism TV subscribership is growing. As of June 30, the , up from 258,000 the prior year and up 9,000 from first quarter. While that’s not much compared to cable giant Comcast and it’s 22.3 million video customers, Prism TV is growing. Comcast lost 69,000 video customers in its most quarter, which also ended June 30. Dish Networks .
CenturyLink’s TV service is similar to cable, with hundreds of channels and limited-time deals that require a 12-month contract. It also touts wireless set-top boxes so customers aren’t limited to keeping the box near a CenturyLink connection in the wall and can set up a TV anywhere — including the backyard, according to ٱ.
Prism TV is available in the following cities: Centennial, Littleton, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree, Denver, Colorado Springs, Monument, Fountain, Columbine Valley, Gypsum and Eagle, as well as homes in Arapahoe, Douglas, Eagle, El Paso and Jefferson counties.
That doesn’t mean every single nook and cranny of those cities and counties may be able to order Prism TV. The best way to check for your home is to go to .
“We continue to invest in our Colorado network and the local communities we serve to deliver the products and services designed to enhance the customer experience,” said Mark Soltes, CenturyLink’s assistant vice president of public policy and government relations for Colorado and Nebraska.
As for gigabit Internet, the company continues to roll out service. It offers fiber-to-the-premises, which means the company is running pure fiber-optic cables from itself to the customer’s house or business.
Right now, approximately 160,000 homes in the Denver area have access to such internet service, which offers speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second — or 1,000 megabits per second. Most internet customers are in the 10 to 50 mbps range.
The company also offers gigabit speeds to 400,000 businesses in Colorado.
Areas with access to gigabit speeds include: Denver, Littleton, Englewood, Aurora, Parker, Castle Rock, Lone Tree, Parker, Centennial, Metro Jefferson County, Golden, Arvada, Thornton, Northglenn, Westminster, Metro Adams County, Highlands Ranch/North Metro Douglas County, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Superior, Lafayette, Louisville, Boulder, Brighton, Commerce City, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Longmont, Loveland and Greeley.
For those in the Denver area who don’t need gigabit internet, which runs $154 a month (less if you bundle with another service), CenturyLink’s 20 mbps service is physically available to 80 percent of metro Denver-area customers “and we expect that number to grow by 2017,” Soltes said.
