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The Indiana communities of Francesville, Knox, LaGrange, Nappanee, North Judson and Syracuse are now “fully fiber enabled,” Brightspeed announced.
Edited by Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
Brightspeed has completed fiber‑to‑the‑home builds in six northern Indiana towns, bringing high‑speed service to more than 13,500 households and businesses, the company announced Monday.
Francesville, Knox, LaGrange, Nappanee, North Judson and Syracuse are now “fully fiber enabled,” part of a larger regional rollout that will eventually reach nearly 55,000 locations across seven counties in Northern Indiana.
Construction is already underway in 14 additional communities, including larger pockets such as Warsaw and Plymouth, where thousands of locations are planned or already ready for service. Brightspeed’s project status shows wide variation between planned and ready‑for‑service counts—for example, Warsaw has 7,504 planned locations with about 3,218 ready, while Bremen lists 3,008 planned and 2,749 ready—indicating the build remains in active, staged deployment across the region.
The expansion is being supported with federal and state broadband funds.
Brightspeed’s continuing work in rural Indiana
Indiana has provisionally awarded Brightspeed more than $24.5 million from the BEAD program to extend service to roughly 9,200 additional locations; about $15.6 million of that award, combined with nearly $13 million of Brightspeed’s own investment, is targeted to add roughly 4,800 locations in six counties. The company also received more than $5.58 million in ARPA funding to reach another 3,272 residents, with a portion aimed at delivering service to about 1,800 households and businesses in Pulaski, Marshall and St. Joseph counties.
Brightspeed says the broader aim is to replace older copper lines with fiber to close the digital divide in rural and underserved areas; the company estimates that once all work is finished, its Indiana footprint will cover nearly 170,000 homes and businesses. The company is also conducting local outreach—sending branded representatives door to door in some towns to inform residents about service options and signups.
AI tools from Noah Wire Services were used to help generate this report.
