Maple Broadband’s 1 Gbps service is being offered to the 700 qualified nonprofits in the county for $69.95 per month.

Seventy-one percent of survey respondents say that outages lasting one hour or more should qualify for a credit.

The Pinellas County launch marks the beginning of a more than $100 million investment by IQ Fiber in the region. The network deployment is expected to continue for 18-24 months.

Arvig was recently awarded grants totaling $3.4 million from the state’s Broadband Line Extension program after submitting successful lowest-cost bids to serve the locations.

Gateway Fiber expects to activate its first customers in the second half of 2026. Bismarck Mayor Michael Schmitz welcomed the benefits fiber can provide.

With the completion of the Anson network, Vero Fiber continues to expand its footprint across Texas, having now built fiber networks in 13 communities statewide.
