Verizon won broadband funding from two Pennsylvania counties recently. In an interview with Telecompetitor, Verizon Vice President of Business Operations for Wireline Networks Doug Sullivan offered details about the wins, which are for areas where the company has begun deploying…
Eight states are addressing homes underserved by broadband through programs that fund some of the costs of line extensions, according to a recent Pew Charitable Trusts post. Each state’s program is a bit different from the others. Most of the…
Breezeline, Shentel and Verizon won funding for two broadband projects apiece through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI) yesterday. The funding will cover some of the costs to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas, with all three providers covering the…
As an unprecedented amount of funding has become available for broadband deployments, several states have taken steps to direct funding toward low-income areas and public housing. A new post from the Pew Charitable Trusts Broadband Access Initiative explores various approaches…
Regional operator Lumos has received franchise approvals from the Virginia cities of Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach to deploy broadband fiber capable of cumulatively serving as many as 85,000 residents and small businesses. The deployment will consist of almost 900…
Just two days after announcing the markets where it plans to build in North Carolina, Brightspeed has made a similar announcement for Virginia. The company says that it will pass 130,000 addresses in the Commonwealth during the next several years,…
More than 200,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia and West Virginia will gain broadband connectivity with the help of funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s new Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF). The funding will go…
Lumos Networks is expanding its Virginia fiber footprint with the addition of 12,000 homes and businesses in five communities. The project, which the company says will be completed by the end of next year, will bring an all-fiber network to…
Virginia expects to become one of the first states to achieve universal broadband access by 2024 thanks to a combination of public and private funding. Governor Ralph Northam announced yesterday that the commonwealth expects more than $2 billion in total…
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