AT&T today announced a new pricing structure for its fiber services. Effective on October 4, Internet 100 will cost $35 per month for a year, Internet 300 will be $45 per month for a year and Internet 1000 will be…
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Bandwidth IG Expands Dark Fiber Network in Douglas County
SAN JOSE, California, Sept. 29, 2020 – Bandwidth Infrastructure Group (Bandwidth IG), a metro dark fiber network provider in Northern California and Greater Atlanta is expanding its high capacity, dark fiber, network within Douglas County, Georgia. Bandwidth IG is working in partnership with…
Report: Rural Broadband Valuations Are High, Fixed Wireless Seen More Favorably Now
Rural broadband valuations have “remained elevated” over the last 12 months and are likely to continue to remain at elevated levels, according to a new report from CoBank Knowledge Exchange, a unit of rural broadband lender CoBank. “For fiber-rich operators,…
Segra Strategy: Consumer SVP Looks to Deploy More Fiber
When private equity firm EQT bought Lumos, NorthState and another company, changing the name to Segra., the Segra strategy seemed to be to
ADTRAN Expands Vast Broadband’s Visibility into Network Operations across the U.S.
September 24, 2020 — HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of innovative business and residential connectivity solutions, today announced that Vast Broadband has selected ADTRAN’s Mosaic Subscriber Insight to gather actionable intelligence from its access network that reaches from Minnesota to Texas….
Intelligent Fiber Network Launches New SD-WAN Product, Promotes Director
INDIANAPOLIS (September 24, 2020) – Intelligent Fiber Network (IFN) announces the launch of its new SD-WAN product to bring its top-of-line service solutions to customers in locations outside of IFN’s fiberline network. To guide the launch, IFN has promoted Kent…
USDA ReConnect South Carolina Award: $7.5 Million for FTTP
The US Department of Agriculture is investing $7.5 million in broadband in South Carolina through the second round of the ReConnect program. The USDA ReConnect South Carolina award will go to OneTone Telecommunications, which will use the funding to deploy…
Copper Valley Telecom Brings Broadband to Off-Grid Alaska Village
Copper Valley Telecom (CVT) has completed an FTTH project supporting speeds of up 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream in Tatitlek, an off-grid indigenous village in Alaska. CVT says that the network previously had delivered data at 10 Mbps…
Great Plains Communications Completes Acquisition of Indiana-Based Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation
Blair, Nebraska — Sept. 17, 2020 — Great Plains Communications (“GPC”), a growing Midwestern telecommunications provider with an expanding, privately-owned 13,000-mile fiber network reaching 11 states, has completed its acquisition of Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation (“ETC”), a progressive Southeastern Indiana-based provider. Serving communities in…
Consolidated Introduces Affordable Broadband Plans with No Data Limits for SMBs
Mattoon, Illinois — Sept. 16, 2020 — Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ: CNSL), a leading broadband and business communications provider, today announced the launch of new flexible broadband Internet plans that offer simplified, value-based pricing without data limits to small and medium-sized businesses….
CenturyLink Rebrands as Lumen, Sort Of
CenturyLink unveiled a new branding strategy today, effectively breaking itself into two brands. The company introduced Lumen Technologies, or just Lumen, as its new brand for its largest business segment, enterprise and wholesale. The CenturyLink brand will remain and will…
Two North Carolina USDA ReConnect Awards Will Inject $23 Million for Rural Broadband
The US Department of Agriculture this week said it is investing more than $23 million in two broadband projects in North Carolina through two mechanisms of the ReConnect Program. Both North Carolina USDA ReConnect awards went to small rural telecom/…