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Access to phone and internet service is a necessity in today's digital world, connecting you with loved ones, healthcare, workforce opportunities and more.

Brightspeed is a proud participant in Lifeline, a federal program that lowers the monthly cost for phone or internet service for qualified households.

Find out if you qualify and learn more at: bit.ly/4n8im15

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Rural internet has changed. Unfortunately, some of the assumptions about it haven’t.

For years, living in a rural community often meant making compromises when it came to connectivity. But as fiber networks expand into more small towns and rural areas, some of the old assumptions about rural internet just don’t hold up anymore.

We’re taking on five of the biggest rural connectivity myths — and looking at what’s changing.

Because better connectivity isn’t just about faster internet. It can open doors to remote work, education, telehealth, entrepreneurship and new opportunities without requiring people to leave the communities they call home. 💛

Ready to separate fact from fiction?

🔗 Read Five Rural Connectivity Myths We’re Busting in 2026: bit.ly/4rI48pJ

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Between an approved plan and working infrastructure, there's a build to execute across dozens of sites.

That’s where statewide initiatives can lose time.

The plan and funding may be in place, but bringing the network live still requires coordinating sites, schedules and handoffs. Often, the challenge isn’t technology, it’s keeping execution moving.

The initiatives that reach live service the quickest are those with a team that stays with the build, from contract signing through the last site.

That's the work Brightspeed Business is built around. We help agencies turn approved plans into live network infrastructure.

Connect with a state network specialist ➡️ bit.ly/4rXD7ix

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A little community love from Elizabethton, Tennessee. 💛🐾 We’re grateful to play a small part in making downtown even more welcoming for residents, visitors and their four-legged friends.

More Pennsylvania communities are getting closer to the connectivity they deserve.

Brightspeed has been awarded $41.7 million in federal BEAD funding to help extend our fiber network to more than 9,000 additional homes and businesses across Pennsylvania.

The funding is part of more than $448 million in BEAD awards recently announced by the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority to expand high-speed internet access across 50 counties.

For us, the impact goes well beyond the numbers. It means more students able to learn from home. More small businesses able to compete and grow. More families able to access healthcare, job opportunities and essential services online.

And it builds on the work already underway as we continue expanding our fiber network across Pennsylvania.

This is what closing the digital divide looks like: community by community, connection by connection.

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