Frontier announced today it has reached 100K homes with XGS-PON fiber broadband technology. The new fiber-focused Frontier is working with Nokia on the XGS-PON deployments. XGS-PON is the next-generation fiber technology that many carriers are evolving to from GPON fiber…
Most fiber-based gigabit access networks use GPON technology. GPON has a downstream capacity of 2.5 Gbps, but with bandwidth needs continuously increasing, GPON is running out of steam! It is quickly giving way to the next generation – XGS-PON –…
TDS Telecommunications is continuing its major expansion in Wisconsin with the announcement of 2 Gbps-capable FTTH network upgrades in Suamico, Howard and Hobart, which are in the Green Bay area. In all, the Madison, WI-based TDS is investing almost $40…
There might be a business case for AT&T to deploy fiber to more than the 30 million locations that the company has forecast to have fiber broadband available to them by 2025 — especially if the Senate infrastructure bill becomes…
C Spire has finished the two-plus years, multi-million-dollar construction of a 225-mile-long fiber optic cable route from Kiln, Mississippi to West Mobile, Alabama, the company announced. Alabama consumers and businesses represent a critical portion of C Spire’s $1 billion investment…
Kinetic is expanding its fiber buildout in Newton, Iowa, to cover the entire city. The Windstream business unit said that by the end of the year the more than 4,400 residences and businesses will have access to 1 Gbps service….
MetroNet has acquired CTS, a fiber-based Internet provider that serves the southwest Michigan communities of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Portage, Texas Township and Climax. The new owners plan to invest more than $100 million to expand the network. No details of…
High-split network upgrades are “the more up and coming expenditure in parallel with DOCSIS 4.0” as Charter looks toward future capex plans, said Charter CFO Chris Winfrey on a virtual investor conference webcast today. Winfrey also noted that Charter believes…
Vexus Fiber said today that it will build a symmetrical gigabit FTTH network in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake, Louisiana. The projects will provide access to more than 40,000 homes and businesses in the communities. Vexus says it will fully…
TDS Telecommunications this week began construction on a 500-mile 2 Gbps-capable FTTH network in Billings, Montana. The network will eventually connect more than 40,000 homes and businesses. CEC Facilities Group, which is based in Irving, TX, is working with TDS…
Windstream Kinetic plans to bring fiber to 18,000 locations in Matthews, North Carolina, in a multi-year expansion project, the company announced yesterday. Matthews is a suburb of Charlotte. The Matthews expansion marks a significant increase over the current 6,500 locations…
Fast growing regional operator MetroNet said today that it will build an all-fiber gigabit network in the city of O’Fallon, its first Missouri market. Construction is slated to begin next year, with customers coming online as neighborhoods are completed. The…
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