Windstream gigabit broadband is coming in 2015, said the company’s CEO. The company won’t blanket a market but will target areas where it already has fiber.

A Suddenlink Altice deal will put the tier 2 U.S. cable MSO in the hands of an offshore operator. Other deals currently in play include . . .

Mediacom is deploying a Columbia, Missouri gigabit network, but doesn’t expect to add many more gigabit networks in the near future. A company exec said that

2014 saw a gigabit network boom, with cablecos, utilities and, especially, small telecom companies announcing gigabit plans. Here’s our recap.

Lumos Networks has achieved a Tier 2 telecom transformation by emphasizing business customers, as CTO Craig Drinkhall explains in an interview

A rural gigabit boom is expected over the next 18 months thanks to GPON upgrades, said Adtran.
