Brightspeed Network Build Hits Milestone in Home State of North Carolina, 9 Communities Now Fiber Enabled

Brightspeed announced that it has completed 60 percent of its fiber network build in North Carolina and continues expansion of its multi-gig-speed fiber network across the state. The state-of-the-art fiber network reaches more than 736,000 homes and businesses and another 506,000 locations are set to be fiber-enabled once construction is complete. Brightspeed’s network construction is 100 percent complete in Aulander, Boonville, Kernersville, Lake Waccamaw, Mamie, Sunbury, Wallace, Winton and Yadkinville (NC), giving residents and businesses in those nine communities access to fast, reliable, future‑ready connectivity. Brightspeed’s North Carolina expansion is supported by $90.6 million in federal Broadband Equity and Access Deployment funding to build an additional 13,739 locations.