Brightspeed Fiber Build Hits 75% Milestone in South Carolina, Reaching 47,000+ Locations

Brightspeed announced that its fiber network build is nearly 75 percent complete in South Carolina. Now, more than 47,000 homes and businesses in the Palmetto State have access to the country’s fastest internet service. Construction crews remain active in Beaufort, Greenwood, Hampton, Jasper, Laurens, Orangeburg and Saluda counties. Construction of the company’s fiber network in the community of Ninety Six is well underway. Approximately 20 percent of the fiber network build in that community is complete. Brightspeed’s expansion in South Carolina is supported by both private investment and public funding partnerships. The company recently announced that South Carolina awarded Brightspeed more than $10,000 in additional grant funding to augment its private investment in building its fiber network to reach another 118 locations in the state. Additionally, South Carolina awarded Brightspeed more than $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to give 2,560 South Carolinians access to high-speed connectivity they don’t have today. Once construction is complete, Brightspeed Fiber Internet will reach approximately 66,000 homes and businesses statewide.