Brightspeed zeroes in on North Carolina for initial fiber build

Brightspeed is set to acquire assets in 20 states from Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink) later in 2022, but has already homed in on one of those as the focal point for its planned $2 billion fiber build. The operator revealed North Carolina will be the home of an initial project which aims to reach 300,000 locations across 30 counties by the end of 2023. Target markets include the Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, High Point and Winstem-Salem areas. The initiative is part of Brightspeed’s larger goal to reach 1 million new fiber passings.