Charter running steep 1-Gigabit promo in Kansas City (MO) area

Charter Communications is running a promotion in the Kansas City, Missouri, area that pitches a 1-Gigabit broadband service for $39.99 per month for a period of two years. Under the terms of the promotion, Charter is also tossing in a $100 Visa Rewards Card and offering a line of Spectrum Mobile for 12 months. Pricing on the 1-Gig promotion rises after a two-year period. Per a "multi-year manageable step-up plan," the price for 1-Gig eventually rises to $119.99 per month after about six years. Even with the future pricing step-up, the first two years of the promotion make 1-Gig speeds attractive when compared to Charter's other tiers while giving Charter a high-level tier to wield against area broadband competition. Charter's promotion surfaces as it and other cable operators are struggling to grow broadband subscribers in the face of more competition from fiber and fixed wireless access options, record low churn rates, and a sluggish housing move environment.