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Fidium has framed the upgrade as a response to growing device density and bandwidth demands from AI applications.
Edited by Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
Fidium announced Wednesday that it will expand its fiber-to-the-premise network to include new symmetrical speed tiers of up to 8 Gigabits per second and will pair the service with next‑generation Wi-Fi 7 hardware.
The company said the move raises its top residential speed from 2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to as much as 8 Gbps and will begin rolling out in April 2026 in select locations across Maine, New Hampshire, Texas, and California.
“We earn customers by delivering a superior product”
Fidium framed the upgrade as a response to growing device density and bandwidth demands from AI applications, cloud‑based workflows and high‑resolution streaming.
“We believe we earn customers by delivering a superior product and putting customers first,” said Dan Sumner, Fidium’s chief marketing officer. He added that fiber gives the company “a structural advantage over legacy cable providers that built their networks for television, not for today’s internet‑driven households.”
The company said the new 8 Gbps offering represents a fourfold increase over its previous maximum and claimed that, at peak capacity, the service is up to 120 times faster than “typical cable internet.”
Fidium also emphasized the benefits of end‑to‑end fiber infrastructure for reliability and consistent performance throughout the home when paired with Wi-Fi 7.
“Speed leadership only matters if customers can actually feel the difference,” Sumner said. “An 8 Gig fiber internet connection paired with Wi-Fi 7 enables families to stream multiple 4K or even 8K movies, compete in online gaming, power dozens of smart home devices, and run cloud‑based work or AI tools simultaneously with the capacity and performance to avoid buffering, lag or drop‑offs.”
The rollout will start in select fiber‑eligible neighborhoods next April, with additional markets to follow, though Fidium said availability and offer details will vary by location.
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