July 2022

Lumos to bring fiber internet to nearly 85,000 residents and businesses in Virginia's Tidewater region

Lumos will be making a big impact on the Tidewater region of Virginia, bringing ultra-high-speed fiber internet service to nearly 85,000 residents and businesses across the Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Portsmouth (VA) communities. The Lumos expansion will blanket the region with over 760 miles of the latest fiber optic technology featuring 100 Gigabit speed capacity at a cost of over $83 million. In addition, Lumos will generate jobs in the region with its plan to hire local sales, service and support teams.

Sponsor 

Technology Policy Institute

Date 
Sun, 08/14/2022 - 18:45 to Tue, 08/16/2022 - 13:30

TPI Aspen brings together experts across business, industry, and government to discuss how tech policy and regulation impact daily life. Through panel discussions and fireside chats, participants discuss experiences with tech policy—what worked, what did not, what we still need to understand, and how policy can make technology work for everyone.

See agenda at https://www.tpiaspenforum.tech/agenda 



AT&T Adds 316,000 Fiber Customers

AT&T shared its second quarter 2022 results on July 21, seeing significant gains in its mobile and fiber businesses. AT&T delivered subscriber growth near second-quarter record levels with 316,000 AT&T Fiber net adds. This brings total net additions over the past two years to nearly 2.3 million, including 10 straight quarters of more than 200,000 net adds. The company now has the ability to serve 18 million customer locations in more than 100 US metro areas with its fiber network.