GFiber has begun offering service in Holly Springs, North Carolina, according to their recent Facebook post.
Part of a growing community, the town is in Wake County, which is in the central region of the state. Holly Springs had a population of 41,239 in the 2020 census — a 67% increase from the 2010 census, according to Wikipedia. The growth can be at least partially attributed to the success of Research Triangle Park, located about 18 miles away.
GFiber has been active elsewhere in the Tar Heel State. Wilmington, which is the eighth-largest city in the state, approved the construction of a network in June 2024. Service was to become available this year.
At the time, GFiber, which is the brand of Google Fiber, had agreements in place to build networks in Harrisburg, Kannapolis, and Stallings. It has begun providing service to customers in Hillsborough and is breaking ground on a project in Huntersville.
North Carolina is one of the states in which GFiber is offering its “lifestyle-based” service. As of May, the service — which offers 1 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 8 Gbps tiers — was available in 11 other states.
GFiber is not the only provider to view Holly Springs as an attractive market. In June 2016, Ting Internet said that Holly Glen and surrounding neighborhoods — including Braxton Village, Holly Pointe, and others — would be the first neighborhoods in Holly Springs to get gigabit fiber internet.
Broadband seems to be thriving in North Carolina. In February, MCNC and Fybe formed a joint venture to bring service to businesses and residential customers in the state’s rural areas. MCNC says it is one of the nation’s oldest and largest research and education networks. Fybe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Roanoke Cooperative, an electric provider.
