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Over 1,500 homes and businesses will have first-time access to gigabit speed fiber-to-the-home technology when an expansion project in rural Eastern Virginia is completed.
By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
A Massachusetts-based ISP has announced plans to complete a 132-mile fiber internet network expansion that will bring fiber to previously unserved areas of King William County in Virginia.
Breezeline, the company behind the project, announced construction with an April 3 release, which stated that the network construction is expected to be complete by August 2025.
The company, a subsidiary of Cogeco Communications, provides internet services in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, according to a summary of the company’s operations.
The initiative is being funded partly by subsidies from the Federal Communication Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), Breezline’s announcement stated.
At the same time construction in King William County gets underway, Breezeline’s announcement detailed the company’s other efforts in the state, including their participation in the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI).
“Breezeline is working to extend internet connectivity to nearly 7,500 unserved homes and businesses in Caroline County and Essex County through (VATI) and RDOF, with contributions from Breezeline and the counties,” the company’s announcement stated.
According to Breezeline, over 1,400 locations were reached in the firm’s 2023 expansion efforts, which occurred in Mathews, Caroline, Lancaster and Middlesex counties. Breezeline’s announcement listed funds from VATI, the individual counties, and investment from Breezline as being utilized to fund the company’s 2023 expansion projects.
