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Spectrum Says 'Hi!' to 11+ Million Homes and Businesses Across Major Markets Including Las Vegas, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orange County, Phoenix, Providence and San Diego

The Cox Communications newsroom has been rebranded as the Charter Communications newsroom, with a new press release announcing Spectrum's expansion to 11+ million homes and businesses across major markets.

Architecture of CoxOutage.us Launched for Outage Tracking

The author launched CoxOutage.us, a site to map and track Cox Communications outages, and describes the technical and SEO architecture used to ensure instant, localized pages during sudden traffic spikes. Key infrastructure choices include aggressive caching (LiteSpeed Cache + Memcached), edge delivery via Cloudflare, hosting on InterServer, and SEO tactics such as hyper-specific URL slugs and using the Google Indexing API with Rank Math for automated indexing and schema generation. The site focuses on scaling localized landing pages and improving the automated reporting pipeline.

• CoxOutage.us was launched to map and track Cox Communications disruptions.
• The site uses LiteSpeed Cache combined with Memcached for object caching to minimize database queries during traffic spikes.
• Cloudflare is used for DNS management and edge-level caching; the site is hosted on InterServer.

Spectrum Offers Free Amazon Prime to Eligible Customers

Spectrum announced a partnership with Amazon to include a full Amazon Prime membership at no additional cost for customers who qualify for Spectrum Internet Assist, the ISP's low‑income program offering speeds up to 50 Mbps. The benefit is available to new and existing qualifying Spectrum customers (already included for legacy Spectrum accounts, with Prime inclusion coming soon for eligible legacy Cox customers). Customers activate the offer by visiting Spectrum.net/Prime and completing account setup or sign-in on Amazon's site. Spectrum highlighted Prime perks—grocery and delivery savings, Prime Video and Music, Amazon Pharmacy delivery, and Prime Day deals—and cited a retail valuation of about $14.99 per month ($139 per year). Adam Ray, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, said the initiative is intended to add value for customers and support communities.

• Spectrum partnered with Amazon to provide Amazon Prime at no extra cost for qualifying Spectrum Internet Assist customers.
• Spectrum Internet Assist is a low‑income program offering speeds up to 50 Mbps.
• The offer is available to new and existing qualifying customers; activation requires visiting Spectrum.net/Prime and completing account setup or sign-in on Amazon.

T-Mobile Technician Cuts Cable to Thwart Salt Typhoon Hack

Bloomberg reports that T-Mobile's cybersecurity team ended a Salt Typhoon espionage attack by physically cutting a cable at a data center in Chicago. In autumn 2024, the Chinese hacking campaign infiltrated nine major US telecoms, including Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, compromising routers and accessing metadata of millions of customers. T-Mobile's security team traced a suspicious signal to a manipulated router in Chicago that was spoofed as a T-Mobile device, operated by attackers. A technician drove to the site and cut the router's cable with scissors, halting the attack. The attackers only gained access to external networks, not customer data, according to T-Mobile's CIO Jeff Simon. The severed cable is now displayed in a frame at T-Mobile as a memento of the physical response to cyber threats.

• Salt Typhoon attacked nine major US telecoms, including Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, in autumn 2024.
• T-Mobile stopped a Salt Typhoon attack by physically cutting a router cable at a Chicago data center.
• The attackers accessed metadata of millions of customers but not customer data.

Visible Launches Mobile + Fiber Bundle 'Visible One'

Visible has launched Visible One, its first offering that combines mobile service and fiber home internet on a single bill. The bundles use Visible Fiber delivered over the Verizon Fios network and are intended for new Fios customers with an existing, inactive ONT, allowing a self-install by plugging into that ONT (no technician visit). Visible offers two tiers: Visible One (base mobile + 300 Mbps symmetric fiber) and Visible+ Pro One (Visible+ Pro with 5G Ultra Wideband and 1 Gbps symmetric fiber). Bundles include taxes and fees, require no credit check or annual contract, and equipment is included and becomes free to keep after three months of service.

• Visible launched Visible One, its first bundle combining mobile service and fiber home internet on a single bill.
• The bundles use Visible Fiber, which runs over the Verizon Fios network; eligible customers can self-install by connecting to an existing inactive ONT without a technician visit.
• Two bundle tiers: Visible One — base mobile plan + 300 Mbps symmetrical internet for $55/month after the introductory period (new customers: $50/month for the first two months, paid upfront); Visible+ Pro One — Visible+ Pro with 5G Ultra Wideband, a smartwatch line, and 1 Gbps symmetrical fiber for $75/month.

Google Cloud, Verizon Partner to Scale Enterprise AI

Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership with Verizon to deploy Google Cloud's full-stack AI — including Gemini Enterprise and the Agentic Data Cloud — across Verizon’s operations. The multi-year agreement aims to modernize Verizon’s customer experience and enterprise data, support conversational customer service (handling the majority of inbound consumer calls and chats), enable an autonomous network intelligence framework to predict and resolve network anomalies, and modernize marketing, security, and employee productivity through AI agents and unified data infrastructure. The news was published via PRNewswire on August 24, 2026.

• Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership agreement with Verizon to deploy Google Cloud’s full-stack AI.
• Verizon will use Google Cloud technologies including Gemini Enterprise and the Agentic Data Cloud to modernize customer experience, unify enterprise data, and scale AI.
• Verizon’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience reportedly handles the majority of its inbound consumer calls and chats per month.