Vexus Fiber plans to continue its expansion in the Lone Star state, bringing its fiber-to-the-home network to the Rio Grande Valley area. Today’s announcement follows similar plans for expansion to Tyler, Tex. and to Wichita Falls, Tex. Vexus Fiber currently…
Several electric cooperatives and several counties in Virginia plan to work together to bring broadband to underserved rural areas of the state. Dominion Energy Virginia; Rappahannock Electric Cooperative; Firefly Fiber Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative and…
As legislators debate how much federal funding should be allocated to improve nationwide broadband availability, Fiber Broadband Association President and CEO Gary Bolton estimates a cost of an additional $100 billion above existing funding levels would be required to make…
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Conexon Connect, the internet service provider created and managed by rural fiber-optic network design and construction management leader Conexon, has been selected by Mountain View Electric Association (MVEA) to provide access to…
A TDS fiber network expansion will bring 1 Gbps service to a total of 68,000 addresses in Spokane County and Spokane Valley in Washington State. The new addresses include 22,000 in Spokane County – including the city of Millwood –…
Crowdsourcing is one of the biggest buzzwords you’ll hear in the technology industry right now. Apps, websites and yes, even broadband and utility organizations are tapping into the user-centric technology to help drive their business forward. But…what is crowdsourcing? And…
June 18, 2021 — The TDS Telecom (TDS®) project to expand their fiber network to reach more New Glarus residents is now complete. The work, in progress since late last year, now connects more than 1,000 additional residential and business…
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) prioritizes fiber deployment for broadband access in rural areas, favoring higher-than-baseline speeds and low-latency services. Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks (GPON) with 2.5Gbps downstream capacity and 1.25Gbps upstream capacity, and 10…
MANCHESTER, N.H. – June 16, 2021 – Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ: CNSL), a top 10 fiber provider, is bringing symmetrical, gigabit, fiber internet to 25,000 residents and businesses in the New Hampshire towns of Durham, Kingston, North Hampton, Pelham, Raymond, Rye,…
Verizon is bullish about home broadband, based on comments by Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Matt Ellis at a financial conference today. The company sees continuing momentum for Fios and believes forthcoming fixed wireless will only complement that…
June 14, 2021 — CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Segra, one of the largest independent fiber infrastructure bandwidth companies in the Eastern U.S., announced a major expansion of its best-in-class fiber network. The new Optical Express Core network is powered by Ciena’s 800G…
June 09, 2021 — HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), the leading provider of next-generation multigigabit fiber and fiber extension broadband access solutions, today announced Consolidated Cooperative is leveraging ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 (TA5000) 10G fiber access platform aligned with the…
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