Building Broadband: Brightspeed surpasses 60% Fiber Build in Virginia; Comcast serves up broadband for three Southeast Georgia communities

Brightspeed’s Virginia fiber build is 60% complete
Brightspeed’s fiber network build in Virginia is 60 percent complete, bringing broadband service to 122,000 families and business owners across the state. The company's fiber network build is complete in Chilhowie, Farmville, Fries, Front Royal, Marion and Victoria. Meantime, construction of the fiber network is well underway in dozens of Virginia counties, including Rockbridge County, where nearly 1,400 homes and businesses already have access to superfast Brightspeed Fiber Internet. Once the build is complete, nearly 4,600 locations in the communities of Brownsburg, Buena Vista, Glasgow, Lexington, and Natural Bridge will be fiber-enabled.

Comcast serves up broadband for three Southeast Georgia communities
Comcast has expanded its network to more than 1,700 homes and businesses in three Southeast Georgia communities in Brantley County. Those Brantley County areas include Atkinson, the city of Nahunta and Waynesville. Atkinson, Nahunta and Waynesville now join the nearly 65 million homes and businesses nationwide.

Comporium invests $7.8M to expand its rural fiber reach in South Carolina
Over 1,250 homes and businesses across multiple South Carolina counties now have access to Comporium’s fiber-based broadband internet service. Over the past several months, Comporium has built more than 138 miles of fiber to reach these areas, investing over $7.8 million to expand its network. Customers can now access speeds of up to 5 Gbps, improving connectivity and quality of life in rural communities. Comporium funded this expansion through a combination of private investment and state-issued Capital Projects Fund (CPF) grants, made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act and administered by the South Carolina Broadband Office. This partnership allows Comporium to reach more rural locations with its advanced network. The company continues to work with state and federal partners to expand and improve services in underserved areas.

Conexon Connect's rural fiber internet momentum continues with the 13th network completed within five years
Conexon Connect has completed its thirteenth electric cooperative fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network since the ISP's launch in 2021. The 2,300-mile network built in partnership with Warner Robbins, Ga.-based Flint Energies deepens Connect's expansion into rural Georgia. This project is Conexon Connect's eighth electric cooperative broadband project completed in the state, bringing the ISP's total reach in rural Georgia to more than 187,000 homes and businesses. The Connect, powered by Flint Energies, delivers broadband access to 31,000 members in Crawford, south Houston, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach, Schley, Talbot and Taylor counties. The Flint Energies partnership was announced in March 2022, with network construction officially completed in December 2025.

Empire Fiber Internet expands into Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley
Empire Fiber Internet expansion is coming to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley—bringing connectivity to more than 35,000 homes and businesses. Construction is now underway, and residents are encouraged to sign up today for priority access and updates as service becomes available in their neighborhood. Early registration ensures customers are among the first to know—and first to connect—when Empire Fiber Internet goes live in their neighborhood. Empire Fiber Internet currently serves homes and businesses across Pennsylvania, including Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Williamsport, Hazelton, Bloomsburg, and Erie.

GoNetspeed lights up fiber for North Hamden, Connecticut
GoNetspeed is targeting North Hamden, which has officially become the next Connecticut community to unlock fiber internet. Through a privately funded $6 million investment, GoNetspeed is bringing its connectivity to more than 8,000 residents and businesses, soon powering them with multigigabit speeds of up to 6 Gbps. GoNetspeed’s North Hamden market introduction adds to the company’s growing momentum in building out Connecticut’s fiber network, including its most recent $7 million build serving Stratford. North Hamden joins Ansonia, Bridgeport, Danbury, East Haven, New Haven, Hartford, and more than 40 additional communities already served by GoNetspeed, along with many more currently under construction and on track to receive GoNetspeed’s fiber internet.

Ripple Fiber makes Garden City and Inkster its next Michigan fiber broadband targets
Ripple Fiber has hatched plans to bring fiber-based broadband to Garden City and Inkster, underscoring the service provider’s ongoing expansion in the Michigan market. Building on the provider's existing footprint in Wayne County, which includes Allen Park, Plymouth, Canton, and Westland, the provider will bring fiber internet access to over 3,750 homes and businesses. Ripple Fiber is set to begin construction in Garden City and Inkster in April 2026. Beyond Wayne County, Ripple Fiber is expanding service in Midland and Saginaw within the Great Lakes Bay Region, with additional municipalities to be announced in the coming months.

Spectrum launches gigabit broadband service in rural Hardeman County, Tennessee
Spectrum launched Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 1,400 homes and small businesses in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Spectrum’s multi-year rural construction initiative is driven by more than $7 billion in private investment from Spectrum. It will ultimately add 100,000+ miles of fiber network infrastructure and deliver symmetrical, multi-gigabit-speed internet access to more than 1.7 million new locations across the country.