The base Brightspeed fiber plan is now available to new subscribers for $29 per month for the first six months of service.
The new Brightspeed/Verizon partnership will upgrade the services for some of Brightspeed’s existing DSL customers.
Brightspeed, which is based in North Carolina, says that it will continue to pursue state and federal grants.
Electric company broadband subsidiaries are the partners for about half of the funding in the latest round of Virginia broadband grants.
Ten local providers will share most of the Kansas broadband funding awarded in this round of the Broadband Acceleration Grant Program.
Recent Brightspeed awards serve the company’s commitment to provide networks to more than three million locations.