GTA 6 Promo Offers Spectrum Customers Free 1GB Internet Boost
GTA 6 demands a hefty amount of hard drive real estate before you can play it—a whopping 212GB, to be exact. Even with a solid internet connection, you'll be waiting a while before you can step foot in Leonida…
GTA 6 demands a hefty amount of hard drive real estate before you can play it—a whopping 212GB, to be exact. Even with a solid internet connection, you'll be waiting a while before you can step foot in Leonida. Thankfully, in the US, one internet service provider has a solution.
As reported by Dexerto, Spectrum is offering a free 1GBps boost to its 31 million customers, so long as they have compatible equipment and eligible plans.
"The most anticipated game in the world is almost ready to download, and Spectrum is treating eligible customers to a free Gig Speed Lift, November 9 to 30, that will have them cruising Vice City before the rest of the block finishes downloading," the announcement reads. "No cost, and no strings attached."
Spectrum Promises You Can Download GTA 6 In Under 30 Minutes
Eligible customers can expect up to 1GBps of download speed during the promo period, while those who already pay for 1GBps will receive a limited upgrade to 2GBps.
Spectrum promises that customers using the boost will be able to download GTA 6 "in less than 30 minutes." Of course, that's entirely dependent on your connection type, location, console download servers, network conditions, etc.
For the rest of us, it could be as quick as one hour, or as bad as waiting three. I'd say pop a game on while you wait, but it'll just make it take even longer.
How To Activate The 1GB Boost, And When It Ends
As broken down in the announcement, if you are an eligible Spectrum customer, it's pretty simple to take advantage of this promo:
- Starting from today, you can activate the speed upgrade on the My Spectrum App.
- November 9—the upgrade goes live. "Customers get boosted to Spectrum Internet 1 Gig. In select areas, if customers already have 1 Gig, they move up to 2 Gig."
- November 10—preloads go live for GTA 6, allowing those who pre-ordered to download the game early. If you pre-ordered a physical copy, however, you won't be able to download until you actually have the code in your hands.
- November 19—GTA 6 launches.
- November 30—the promo ends. "No changes to your bill, nothing for you to do," Spectrum says.