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Astound powers up new fiber internet near Oregon Coast — with help from AWS

Astound Broadband is bringing high-speed internet connectivity to a rural county along the Oregon Coast for the first time thanks to a 108-mile fiber construction project partially funded by Amazon… Read More

Laying down fiber cable in African village

Microsoft backs effort to extend fiber internet access to 20 million in Africa

Microsoft says it’s partnering with a fiber-cable connectivity venture called Liquid Intelligent Technologies to bring high-speed internet access to an additional 20 million people in Africa by 2025. The collaboration… Read More

Ziply Fiber raises $450M to fund expansion in four Northwest states; two new execs appointed

Ziply Fiber, a Kirkland, Wash.-based fiber internet service provider, is fueling the expansion of its network in the Pacific Northwest with $450 million in new funding, the company announced Thursday.… Read More

Mushroom in view

Wave Broadband partners with UW to boost ocean observatory’s fiber connections

Wave Broadband is coming out in the open about its partnership with the University of Washington to provide broadband connectivity for the Regional Cabled Array, an undersea observatory that’s part… Read More

Wave Broadband completes underground Oregon fiber line, providing a gateway to top Asian markets

Wave Broadband said it has finished a 97-mile underground fiber line between its network of data centers in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro, Ore. and the Oregon Coast, speeding up… Read More

Wave Broadband raises $125M to speed up construction of West Coast fiber internet network

Wave Broadband has raised $125 million to continue building out its fiber internet network for businesses and residents on the West Coast. Wave did not take on an equity investment like many tech… Read More

A big internet upgrade: A real-world review of the new 1 Gigabit internet from CenturyLink

CenturyLink has been aggressively rolling out gigabit internet service in Seattle neighborhoods over the past year. I’ve been eagerly awaiting the service in my little corner of Queen Anne, and… Read More

Seattle mayor wants to amend rule that’s restricting companies from building high-speed fiber networks

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is getting serious about helping his constituents access faster Internet. In a press conference today announcing CenturyLink’s new gigabit Internet offering in Seattle, Murray said that… Read More

Mayor McGinn: Seattle should create a public fiber Internet utility if Gigabit Squared fails

The ambitious plans to implement a high-speed gigabit Internet network in 14 Seattle neighborhoods seem to be falling apart. Financial problems are forcing Gigabit Squared, the company behind the project, to… Read More

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