Driven by unprecedented demand for Gigabit and fast-emerging 10 Gigabit Broadband, Fiber to the Home (FTTH) deployment is expected to reach record numbers in the coming years. In addition to homes, service providers are bringing fiber to the living unit…
Atlantic Broadband said it will invest $82 million to expand its fiber services to nearly 70,000 additional homes and businesses in New Hampshire and West Virginia. The company is the nation’s eighth largest cable provider, according to a press release….
ALLO Communications will be delivering fiber-to-the-premise with 10 Gbps bandwidth to several additional Nebraska communities, with construction to begin in the spring of 2022, the company announced today. Once construction is complete, Ashland, Milford, Seward, Sidney, and York will join…
Shentel Glo Fiber, the multi-gigabit FTTH broadband service of Shenandoah Telecommunications, will begin serving Frederick, MD in January. The all-fiber network – the company’s first in Maryland — eventually will offer service to about 20,000 residences and businesses. “This expansion…
Vexus Fiber plans to extend its fiber network into Nacogdoches, Texas and surrounding areas, the company announced today. This is the second expansion of the Vexus Fiber announced this month. The company previously released plans to expand into Albuquerque. The…
Kinetic, a unit of Windstream, expects to bring fiber to more than 8,200 Rowan County, Kentucky residents by the end of the year as part of a continuing, $2 billion multi-year investment to deploy broadband across its 18-state footprint. When…
Nokia and Bell Canada say that they have successfully tested 25G PON fiber at Bell’s Advanced Technology Lab in Montreal. Nokia claims this is the first successful test in North America. The trial showed that three iterations of PON technology…
Bluepeak has begun a $70 million project that will bring FTTH networks to more than 70,000 residents of the Wyoming communities of Cheyenne, Laramie, Casper and Sheridan. Construction in Cheyenne has begun, with work in the other three markets scheduled…
Industry 4.0 has brought a wave of value-add applications that depend on high-speed connectivity. Inventory management, video surveillance and security, machine automation, and robotics are just a few areas where high bandwidth and low latency are needed. Gigabit and multi-Gigabit…
Apollo Management’s acquisition of Lumen ILEC operations in 20 states isn’t expected to be finalized until the second half of 2022. But that isn’t stopping the acquirers from making big plans, as today’s news that Brightspeed will be the name…
The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has released research quantifying fiber broadband advantages. These include higher reliability and the lowest cost (per megabit per second) compared to other common delivery media. The technology also has the highest satisfaction ratings, researchers said….
Consolidated Communications unveiled its new brand for fiber-based services, Fidium Fiber. It’s a consumer facing brand and will feature symmetrical gigabit service with no data caps. Fidium Fiber will offer gigabit service for $70 per month, which includes installation and…
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