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Tag: Rural
Broadband Expansion and BEAD (Part 2)
In the second episode of this three-part series, Telecompetitor welcomes Chris Konechne and Tim Arbeiter of Finley to discuss how providers can take proactive steps to make sure they are beating the competition as they…
Comporium Invests $3M to Expand Fiber in SC County
Lancaster, South Carolina – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Residents in a large portion of northeastern Lancaster County can now take advantage of Comporium’s fiber-based services. In 2022, the company began upgrading its network in a broad…
Twin Valley to Bring 2 Gbps Fiber Broadband to Kansas Community
Ottawa, Kansas – August 8, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ – Twin Valley, Kansas’ largest privately owned broadband and communications company, announces plans to bring fiber internet to homes and businesses in Ottawa, Kan. As a fourth-generation family business, Twin Valley has been advocating for cutting-edge…
FOCUS Broadband Completes State-Funded NC Projects
Robeson County, NC – June 15, 2023 – FOCUS Broadband announced this week that their fiber optic internet service is now available to more than 2,700 homes and businesses in Robeson County near the communities…
DVFiber Network Under Construction in Vermont
Readsboro, Vermont — May 23, 2023 — Trucks from Sertex Broadband Solutions hit the road this week to begin construction of the DVFiber community-owned fiber optic network in Readsboro, Vermont. Over the coming weeks, crews will perform multiple fiber optic cable aerial…
Twin Valley/SKT Tap ACP to Offer Free Low-Income Broadband
Clay Center, Kansas – May 18, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ — Local internet provider Twin Valley and its subsidiary SKT (hereinafter referred to as Twin Valley) are helping to bridge the digital divide by offering free internet service to low-income individuals and…
A Hard Practice to Prevent: FCC Takes Aim Again at Access Arbitrage
The FCC today adopted an access arbitrage order aimed at preventing service providers from pumping traffic to certain phone numbers to generate access charges. It’s an issue that the commission addressed previously in 2019, but…
Omni Fiber Begins Buildout in Ohio Community
Cincinnati and Wilmington, Ohio – April 13, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ – Ohio-based Omni Fiber and the City of Wilmington have partnered to bring broadband access to the majority of the city with a new state-of-the art 100% fiber network. Once the…
Brightspeed XGS-PON Network Available in Six States
Brightspeed is offering services in parts of Alabama, Indiana, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on its new XGS-PON network. Brightspeed, which consists chiefly of ILEC networks acquired last year from Lumen Technologies, plans…
Grain Management Acquires Quintillion to Accelerate Broadband Expansion in Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska – April 3, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ – The executive team of QSH Parent Holdco LLC (“Quintillion” or the “Company”), the leading provider of fiber-based connectivity in the American Arctic, announced today the acquisition of…
Alaska Communications Plans Fiber Broadband Build
Anchorage, Alaska – (BUSINESS WIRE) – After successfully piloting fiber to the home in 2022, Alaska Communications is significantly expanding service footprint to reach 14,000 more Alaska families in 2023. The way people use the…
Surf Internet Begins Construction on 250-mile Fiber Network
Elkhart, Indiana – March 16, 2023 – Surf InternetSM is beginning construction on over 250 miles of fiber internet to rural homes throughout northern Indiana, leveraging over $6 million awarded by Indiana’s Next Level Connections…