Building Broadband: Brightspeed completes 60% Fiber Build in Illinois; C Spire completes Mississippi Capital projects fund to expand broadband

Brightspeed completes 60% Fiber Build in Illinois
Brightspeed’s fiber network is more than 60 percent complete in Illinois, serving nearly 31,000 homes and businesses, with more than 51,000 locations planned statewide. The Brightspeed Fiber Internet network is 100 percent complete in Savanna and North Pekin. Brightspeed's Illinois expansion is supported by $3.2 million in federal Broadband Equity and Access Deployment (BEAD) funding to build an additional 1,200 locations, boosting the company's private investment in the state.

C Spire completes Mississippi Capital projects fund to expand broadband
C Spire completed its allocation of the Mississippi Capital Projects Fund, enabling it to provide home fiber access to more than 14,000 residences and 18,530 undeveloped lots across Amite, Lincoln, Lamar, Madison, DeSoto, and Hinds counties. It also positively impacted some of Mississippi's most underserved communities. C Spire was awarded the grant from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund. This $10 billion program funds critical capital projects to ensure all communities have access to high-quality, modern infrastructure, including broadband, needed to access critical services. The project, administered at the state level by BEAM, the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi, was part of $164 million in total funds allocated to Mississippi for the construction and deployment of broadband infrastructure to deliver service that reliably meets or exceeds symmetrical speeds of 100 Mbps.

GoNetspeed powers up Bristol, again with $4M expansion
GoNetspeed is expanding its fiber network in Bristol, bringing high-speed internet access to an additional 3,300 homes and businesses. This $4 million investment strengthens the community’s digital backbone, ensuring more residents can enjoy faster connectivity. With the first customers in newly expanded areas now connected, GoNetspeed is delivering multigigabit speeds of up to 6 Gbps. Once construction is complete, more than 3,300 homes and businesses will have access to symmetrical broadband speeds. With this expansion, thousands of Bristol residents will join customers in Sea Bluff, Ansonia, Stratford, East Haven, Hartford, and more than 40 other communities already powered by GoNetspeed, with many additional areas currently under construction.

Greenlight Networks advances its Northeast Pennsylvania fiber buildout
Greenlight Networks is set to accelerate the construction of its fiber internet network across Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and surrounding Northeast Pennsylvania communities in 2026. Backed by an investment of more than $24 million, this latest expansion deepens the company’s regional presence. With nearly 42,500 households and businesses now able to connect to Greenlight’s network in Northeast Pennsylvania—and several thousand more to come online by the end of the year—the company’s expansion across Wilkes-Barre and continued buildout throughout Scranton mark a significant step in delivering next-generation connectivity to the region. This latest expansion builds upon Greenlight’s 2025 acquisition of Loop Internet, which now operates as Greenlight Networks. Loop’s network footprint strengthened Greenlight’s operations in Northeast Pennsylvania, adding more than 50 local employees and expanding dedicated support to enhance the customer experience further. Construction is progressing in phases across Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke, Drums, Hazleton, Kingston and Mountain Top. 

LiveOak Fiber closes $425M funding round to accelerate fiber expansion
LiveOak Fiber has secured a $425 million credit facility from Oak Hill Advisors and Palistar Capital to support continued network expansion across the Southeast region. The new capital will help LiveOak Fiber shape its vision for the future by extending its all-fiber footprint and accelerating internet connectivity across its existing and planned markets. 

Spectrum expands fiber broadband network in Clark County, Indiana
Spectrum has begun expanding its fiber broadband network to bring Spectrum  services to over 2,900 additional homes and businesses in previously unserved or underserved areas of Clark County, Indiana. Its 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 speeds to more than 1.7 million new locations across the country.

Vero Fiber completes TEC acquisition, expanding fiber platform across the Southeast
Vero Fiber has completed its acquisition of Telephone Electronics Corporation (TEC), expanding its presence across Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. The deal marks a significant milestone in Vero's national growth strategy, bringing TEC's century-long legacy and robust infrastructure into the Vero platform. Through this acquisition, Vero continues its mission of delivering fiber connectivity to underserved and rural communities, extending its footprint from the Western United States into the Southeast via TEC's 4,500-mile fiber network. The combined company will reach approximately 444,000 households, including both currently serviceable locations and markets under construction. TEC will continue to operate as an independent brand within Vero's FTTH portfolio. Vero also plans to invest additional capital into the TEC network to support continued expansion and deliver enhanced, multi-gig fiber services across the region.

Xfinity makes broadband available to 13,000 locations in Central Florida 
Comcast announced a major milestone today in the company’s continued efforts to expand ultra-fast, reliable Internet in Central Florida. Xfinity and Comcast Business services are now available to an additional 13,000 homes and businesses in The Villages. The Villages joins the nearly 65 million homes and businesses nationwide with access to a network that fuels innovation, productivity, and everyday connection—the Central Florida project. As an, with more addresses being added every month. Comcast’s continued expansion in The Villages is part of the company’s latest investment in Florida, which also includes expansions to Bradford County, Miami-Dade’s Coastal Communities and Okeechobee County.