As America targets efforts towards connecting every community to robust broadband, cable providers continue to do what they have always done: build out their networks to reach as many Americans as possible.
With network expansions continuing to happen nationwide, here are a few more examples of projects that work towards the national goal of connecting every American. To learn about other projects highlighted in previous blogs, be sure to check out NCTA.com.
And to learn more about what it takes to deliver broadband to rural and far-out communities, watch NCTA’s docufilm “Every Last Mile.”
Florida
Charter has launched gigabit broadband services to more than 4,700 homes and small businesses in Volusia County as part of Spectrum’s $7 billion rural construction initiative.
Comcast has expanded its next-generation network to more than 32,000 homes and businesses across 16 rural counties in Florida through a $322 million public-private partnership with the state’s Broadband Opportunity Program and Capital Projects Fund.
Mediacom has begun launching multi-gig and symmetrical speed broadband services in Milton, with nearly 3,000 homes already upgraded as part of a neighborhood-by-neighborhood network activation.
Georgia
Comcast has expanded its network to connect nearly 6,700 homes and businesses in Mt. Vernon, Wrightsville, Soperton, Adrian, Glenwood and Alamo, bringing reliable, high-speed internet and other services to these communities for the first time.
Nevada
Cox is expanding its fiber network to bring high-speed internet to the communities of Laughlin and Cal-Nev-Ari in southern Clark County through an $8.1 million public-private partnership funded by the American Rescue Plan’s Capital Project Funds.
South Carolina
Comcast has completed a $6.1 million broadband expansion in Greenwood funded through the American Rescue Plan Act, bringing reliable, high-speed internet and other services to residents and businesses for the first time.
Tennessee
Charter has launched gigabit broadband services to more than 1,100 homes and small businesses in Loudon County as part of Spectrum’s $7 billion rural construction initiative.
Texas
Charter has expanded its fiber broadband network to more than 3,100 additional homes and businesses in Gregg County—including Gladewater, Kilgore, Longview and White Oak—bringing gigabit service to previously unserved and underserved areas.
