Brightspeed

Brightspeed announced a major milestone in its Ohio fiber expansion: the company’s statewide fiber network build is nearly 65% complete. The company is making significant strides in its effort to bring reliable, future‑ready connectivity to more communities across the state. Brightspeed Fiber Internet is now available to more than 350,000 homes and businesses across Ohio, delivering 100% fiber-to-the-home connectivity with multi-gig-speed internet service.

Brightspeed was joined by local and state leaders, community members, and partners in Johnson County (AR) to celebrate a milestone years in the making: the launch of multi-gig-speed fiber internet in Coal Hill, Hartman and surrounding rural areas.

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 announced a major milestone in its Wisconsin expansion: 30 percent of the company’s planned fiber network in the state is now complete. More than 67,000 homes and businesses already have access to Brightspeed Fiber Internet, with an additional 146,000 locations planned statewide as construction continues. As Wisconsin communities prepare for the next era of technology, fiber is becoming essential infrastructure.

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.

Brightspeed acquired Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) obligations and support in nine states on October 3, 2022, as part of the acquisition of Lumen Technologies' incumbent local exchange carrier subsidiaries in twenty states. Brightspeed committed to fulfilling those obligations in connection with the Wireline Competition Bureau’s approval of the transfer of control.

Brightspeed completed its fiber network build in six Northern Indiana communities: Francesville, Knox, LaGrange, Nappanee, North Judson, and Syracuse. With this milestone, more than 13,500 families and businesses in those communities now have access to reliable, blazing-fast connectivity, empowering them to work remotely, learn online, participate in e-commerce, receive telehealth services, and thrive in today’s hyperconnected world.Construction is underway in 14 additional North Indiana communities.