Lightwave's Building Broadband Series

Lightwave is tracking service providers' ongoing efforts to extend broadband to more homes and businesses via our Building Broadband series.

You can view the latest Building Broadband articles and archived editions here.

If you want to share a new broadband build, contact Lightwave’s editor-in-chief, Sean Buckley, at [email protected].

2026 Building Broadband Issues

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Building Broadband: Burlington Telecom serves up multi-gig fiber speeds; Comcast makes Centreville, MD, its next Maryland broadband build target

Jan. 8, 2026

In this latest issue of Building Broadband, we’re tracking new broadband deployments from Burlington Telecom, Comcast, Fybe, GoNetspeed, Ripple Fiber and Spectrum.

2025 Building Broadband Issues

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Building Broadband: Comcast lights up broadband for underserved in Hopewell and Maurice River Townships, Cumberland County, NJ; DigitalC equips 18K Cleveland residents with broadband

Dec. 29, 2025

We’re tracking new broadband deployments from Comcast, DigitalC, Intrepid Fiber Networks, Optimum, Shentel, STELLAR Broadband, and Wyyerd Fiber.

Building Broadband: Bluepeak expands South Dakota broadband with $95M investment; Cajun Broadband completes Vermilion Parish, Louisiana broadband network

Dec. 18, 2025

In this latest issue of Building Broadband, we’re tracking new broadband deployments from IBluepeak, Cajun Broadband, Comcast, Ezee Fiber, Fidium, Ripple Fiber, Surf Internet and Ziply.

Building Broadband: Astound deploys fixed wireless Internet to 26K Northern California homes; Comcast brings broadband to 12K Poland and Boardman, OH locations

Dec. 11, 2025

In this latest issue of Building Broadband, we’re tracking new broadband deployments from Comcast, GoNetspeed, Oak Hill Capital, Pavlov Media, Ripple Fiber, RightFiber, Surf Internet, Vero Fiber and Wecom Fiber.

Building Broadband: Dobson Fiber commits to fiber internet expansion in Stringtown, Oklahoma; Fidium deepens Rochester, NH fiber broadband presence

Dec. 1, 2025

This issue of Building Broadband is tracking new broadband deployments from Dobson Fiber, Fidium, Henderson Municipal Power & Light, Metronet Fiber, Omni Fiber, Spectrum, TDS Telecom and Wecom Fiber.