Regional internet service providers morph into Astound Broadband

Five regional internet service providers will be unified under the new name Astound Broadband starting January 12. Digital West, EnTouch, Grande, RCN and Wave when combined will boast coverage in eight of the top 10 metro areas across the country and 10 different states.  Astound Broadband covers some of the biggest cities in the US, including Austin (TX), Boston (MA), Chicago (IL), New York (NY), and San Francisco (CA) among others. While Astound Broadband will be leading the charge, the regional brands will still be included in this evolution of the company. For example, markets in the northeastern US will fall under Astound Broadband powered by RCN, and so forth. In 2021, Astound purchased Harris Broadband, a fiber-to-the-home provider in central Texas, as well as three markets from WideOpenWest -- Chicago (IL), Evansville (IN) and Anne Arundel County (MD) -- to add to its portfolio. While those new markets won't be fully incorporated into Astound Broadband until sometime in mid-2022, their inclusion brings Astound up to approximately 1.2 million residential and business internet subscribers with around 15 percent fiber-to-the-home coverage in total. Overall, Astound Broadband is available in parts of California, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington state. It also covers Washington (DC).