Kinetic, eero Launch $20 AlwaysOn Wi-Fi Backup in 2 States
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Updated · Quiver Quantitative · Jun 25
Kinetic, eero Launch $20 AlwaysOn Wi-Fi Backup in 2 States
2 articles · Updated · Quiver Quantitative · Jun 25
Summary
$20 a month buys Kinetic fiber customers an automatic wireless backup service that launched Thursday in Kentucky and North Carolina, keeping internet connections running during outages with a first month free.
AlwaysOn Wi-Fi, powered by Amazon-owned eero, switches on without manual intervention and targets households and small businesses that risk disrupted work, streaming, calls or point-of-sale transactions when broadband fails.
Kinetic said the add-on is initially available to customers using Wi-Fi 7 via eero Pro 7 and will expand across its 18-state footprint this summer.
The service comes with limits: typical backup speeds are 14-48 Mbps down and 3-23 Mbps up, speeds may be reduced after 75 GB a month, and it is not suitable for 911, medical or power-outage use without a battery.