Building Broadband: AccessPlus lights up 10G in Pittsfield, Mass; Brightspeed targets Southern VA with gigabit broadband

AccessPlus brings 10G PON broadband to Pittsfield, Massachusetts
AccessPlus, a Pittsfield, Mass-based broadband provider, will deploy Nokia’s XGS-PON fiber solution to enhance its fiber network and deliver new broadband services to its customers. The rollout will bring some of the fastest broadband speeds to its customers in Massachusetts's greater Pittsfield and Berkshires areas. AccessPlus will also be able to offer enterprises multi-gigabit connectivity to improve their business performance. AccessPlus can raise speeds to 25G PON when and where needed by using the same network equipment.

LiveOak Fiber completes 50% of its Georgia broadband expansion
LiveOak Fiber (LiveOak), a regional broadband service provider established in 2022, is making substantial headway in its fiber deployment across Glynn, Camden, and Chatham Counties. With an investment of over $100 million in Georgia, it has already laid over 1,000 miles of fiber, bolstering businesses and residents in burgeoning communities. Upon completion, the underground fiber network will cater to approximately 150,000 homes and businesses across coastal Georgia, a testament to LiveOak's commitment to expanding access. In addition to the network investments, LiveOak has also generated over 100 new jobs for local residents. The expansion is not limited to the planned areas, as LiveOak is also extending services to residents and businesses on Tybee Island and in the Bacon Park neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia. 

Brightspeed to connect 22K Southern Virginia homes and businesses with fiber broadband service
Brightspeed has begun construction of its Brightspeed Fiber Internet network across Southern Virginia, which is underway. The company is currently working to connect almost 22,000 locations in and around Martinsville, South Boston and Galax. Residents in Martinsville are already seeing Brightspeed trucks in their neighborhoods as crews work to bring nearly 12,000 families and businesses online. Once permitting and surveying are complete, construction in the South Boston and Galax areas to bring the fiber network to another 10,000 locations will begin.

Intrepid Fiber Networks expands open access FTTP network in Colorado and Minnesota
Intrepid Fiber Networks plans to further expand its open access fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network in Colorado and Minnesota with deployments in Superior, Broomfield, Firestone, Frederick, Fort Lupton, Dacono, Columbine Valley, and Dakota Ridge in Colorado, as well as Shoreview, Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton, Woodbury, Oakdale, Cottage Grove and Maplewood in Minnesota. These newly announced communities are near current Intrepid deployments, representing an organic expansion of its network. These plans bring Intrepid’s total footprint to over 400,000 homes and businesses served across the two states. Intrepid currently has construction underway in Colorado in Pueblo, Northglenn, Littleton, Westminster, Louisville, and Lafayette, and in Minnesota in St. Cloud, Minnetonka, Bloomington, and Eden Prairie. Intrepid will be substantially complete with construction in Northglenn over the next few months.

Kinetic to invest $23.2M to bring fiber internet to three Pennsylvania Counties
Kinetic has been awarded an $11.9 million grant to expand its fiber network in Clarion County, Centre County, and Erie County, Pennsylvania, by the end of 2026. This expansion will bring gigabit internet speeds to nearly 2,400 previously underserved and unserved locations. The service provider received the $11.9 million grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's $204 million Broadband Infrastructure Program. In addition, Kinetic will invest $11.3 million of private capital in the fiber-to-the-home project and cover any cost overruns. A $20 million project in Clarion County will bring gigabit internet speeds to 1,760 locations. The investment totals approximately $3 million in Center and Erie counties and will deliver gigabit internet to almost 640 locations. This network expansion is made possible through a blend of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and private capital from Kinetic, showcasing a successful public-private partnership model.

Glo Fiber Announces Expansion of its Fiber Network to Spring Township, Pennsylvania
Glo Fiber has agreed to deploy fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services to Spring Township in Centre County, Pennsylvania. The new network will serve about 3,000 homes and businesses in the area. Glo Fiber provides symmetrical upload and download speeds of up to 5 Gbps. The company has continued to expand its reach into a growing list of communities in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio.

Archtop Fiber Breaks Ground in Hudson, New York, as Work on State-of-the-Art Fiber Network Accelerates
Archtop Fiber has established construction to install a fiber Internet network in the City of Hudson and announced a partnership with the city. Leveraging XGS-PON technology, Archtop Fiber will provide Internet speeds up to 10Gbps. It will offer symmetrical upload and download speeds to meet the rising demand for more robust connectivity as data usage and cloud adoption increase. Internet service in Hudson is anticipated to be available this summer. Hudson is the latest community where Archtop has broken ground as part of its aggressive launch and rollout plan. Archtop has officially launched its service in Kingston, Saugerties, and Rhinebeck. Beyond the Hudson Valley, Archtop Fiber’s rollout plan includes markets throughout New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.