Biddeford Internet Corporation, which does business as Great Works Internet Vermont (GWI VT), has reached an agreement with 22 Vermont communities to build an open access fiber network in the communities. The network is expected to serve 30,000 locations. The…
Key executives shared their vision for the Gigapower joint venture between AT&T and Black Rock on a Broadband Breakfast webcast today, touching on everything from network technology to potential BEAD funding to how they expect to change attitudes toward open…
Michigan broadband provider 123NET is leveraging its myriad of existing relationships, state and federal government funding and nearly 30 years of telecom experience with the goal of making Michigan the “best connected state on the planet” by venturing much deeper…
Ubiquity has launched open access networks in Carlsbad, CA and Mesa, AZ. The company said the Mesa deployment is the nation’s first scaled fiber deployment, in which service provider tenants will use both lit and dark fiber to service business…
Colorado Springs, Colorado – August 15, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ – Ting Internet, a division of Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) (TSX: TC), has announced its 2-gigabit fiber internet is now available in initial Colorado Springs neighborhoods. Known for its world-class customer support and dedication to the communities…
Open access network operator Underline is launching what Bob Founder and CEO Bob Thompson calls the “most generous” Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) offering in the U.S. Telecompetitor talked to Thompson about the low-income broadband service and got an update on…
The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) deployed 2,969,784 feet of underground fiber throughout Utah, Idaho and Montana last year. The expansion occurred despite supply chain and labor issues, the company said. UTOPIA is a community owned fiber-based open-access network…
Not all state-level broadband funding awards are going to commercial service providers, as recent news from Idaho illustrates. The Idaho Broadband Advisory Board made two awards earlier this month. An award for $20 million went to the Idaho Regional Optical…
Denver – October 20, 2022 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Global leader in geospatial network construction technology, Render Networks, today announced STRATA Networks selected their purpose-built network construction platform to deliver Lehi City’s open access fiber network. Once completed, Lehi City will entirely own…
During a panel discussion on public-private broadband partnerships at Fiber Connect, being held this week in Nashville, David Finn of Google Fiber outlined the company’s embrace of the open access model for broadband. Finn, a director of corporate development at…
Atherton, CA – May 18, 2022 – Atherton Fiber has launched into the San Mateo County, CA, market with a new approach to providing broadband service. Founded by a disgruntled former Comcast and AT&T customer, Atherton Fiber is finding receptive customers…