Building Broadband: Brightspeed reaches 1.82M fiber-enabled locations; Canadian Fiber Optics Corporation (CFOC) secures $59M investment from Power Sustainable for rural broadband expansion

Brightspeed reaches 1.82M fiber-enabled locations
Brightspeed’s multi-gig-speed network has passed approximately 1.82 million locations — surpassing its year-end goal of 1.75 million fiber-enabled premises across its 20-state footprint. The company rolled out more than 17,600 miles of fiber cable in 2024, bringing the total fiber deployed since the build launch to more than 103,000 miles. Brightspeed's high-speed internet service is available immediately for installation in hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in more than 160 communities. The company is building its Brightspeed Fiber Internet network in 17 states, leveraging the XGS-PON technology to deliver multi-gig-speed symmetrical capabilities.

Canadian Fiber Optics Corporation (CFOC) secures $59M investment from Power Sustainable for rural broadband expansion
Power Sustainable Infrastructure Credit recently closed on a $59 million financing for Canadian Fiber Optics Corporation (CFOC), a fiber company based in Calgary, to support the build-out of broadband internet in rural Western Canada. CFOC designs builds and operates fiber optic networks to provide high-speed internet services to residential, commercial, and enterprise customers in rural or remote communities. Since 2017, CFOC has built 1,000km of fiber, passing over 16,000 premises with over 4,000 subscribers as of December 31, 2024. CFOC's current ownership group includes funds managed by Tikehau Star Infra and the Bloomer Family Office.

CFOC intends to use the financing provided by Power Sustainable to contribute towards improved rural connectivity for communities that often lack basic internet. According to a report by the Alberta Government, 67% of rural Albertans and 80% of Indigenous Communities have unreliable access to high-speed internet at federal target speeds. Addressing this gap has been frequently cited as a key lever to support economic growth and productivity.

Comcast starts connecting Upper Saucon, Pa. residents
Comcast has connected the first 1,000 homes and businesses in Upper Saucon, Pa., to its broadband network as part of an expansion that will ultimately reach more than 7,000 homes and businesses in the township. The network expansion brings Internet, mobile, entertainment, and security services from Xfinity and Comcast Business to these residents and businesses. The cable MSO’s most recent expansion to Upper Saucon is part of the company’s latest investment in Lehigh County, including a completed expansion to Coopersburg. In the last three years, Comcast has connected an additional 232,000 homes and businesses in Pennsylvania to Xfinity and Comcast Business services, with more to come in 2025.

Consolidated’s Fidium extends fiber service to Francestown, NH.
Consolidated’s Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Francestown, N.H., bringing multi-gig speed service to more than 650 homes and businesses in the community. Fiber infrastructure construction is scheduled to begin as soon as January 15, with exact start dates varying by location. Today, more than 276,000 New Hampshire homes and businesses have access to Fidium, with plans to bring service to more parts of the state.

Ezee Fiber lights up first Albuquerque fiber broadband customers
Ezee Fiber has started connecting its first customers in Albuquerque, New Mexico, marking a big step toward bringing fiber-based internet service to communities across New Mexico and other markets. Ezee Fiber will continue connecting homes and businesses across Albuquerque in the coming months.

GoNetspeed connects first Easthampton, Mass residents to fiber broadband
GoNetspeed announced that the first residents and businesses throughout the City of Easthampton, Mass, can access fiber internet with service installation officially available in initial construction areas. Once complete, GoNetspeed’s $3.6 million investment will soon connect more than 9,000 homes and businesses throughout Easthampton to symmetrical fiber internet service. Easthampton joins Amherst, Granby and Ludlow in gaining access to GoNetspeed’s service and more communities throughout the state that will gain access to high-speed fiber internet in the coming months.

Lyte Fiber builds a weatherproofed fiber network for Kingsville, Texas
Lyte Fiber now offers its fiber network service to Kingsville, Texas, homes and businesses. The provider is investing more than $11 million in the network buildout. What makes Lyte's Kingsville network stand out? Most of the fiber infrastructure will be buried underground, making it one of Texas's most reliable storm-resilient networks. Construction within Kingsville has already commenced, with the first customers anticipated coming online in early Spring. In this initial phase, Lyte will connect nearly 7,500 locations, with plans for further market expansion. Lyte is set to install over 100 miles of fiber cable across Kingsville.

ProTek Fiber employs Adtran to bolster rural Illinois broadband push
ProTek Fiber is harnessing Adtran’s fiber access technology, including its Mosaic One SaaS and ALM fiber monitoring solution, to deliver fiber internet to underserved areas in Illinois.

The deployment marks ProTek Fiber’s transition to fiber technology, having previously operated as a wireless internet service provider (WISP). Using Adtran’s AI-driven disaggregated solution, ProTek Fiber has begun offering fiber-based broadband to residential subscribers.