Fiber broadband services provider GoNetspeed has revealed plans to extend its fiber to the premises (FTTP) to additional communities in New Haven County, CT. The company says it will deploy FTTP in Branford, Cheshire, Naugatuck, Waterbury, and Wolcott in addition to previously announced roll outs in West Haven and Woodmont.
The new FTTP infrastructure will cover more than 369 miles and serve more than 50,000 homes and businesses, GoNetspeed expects. The company provided its expectations for each market as well as a status check on the deployments in West Haven and Woodmont:
Construction is complete in West Haven; more than 5,990 homes in the Sea Bluff and West Shore areas are now able to sign up for service.
GoNetspeed expects to open service areas in Woodmont this month.
In Branford, service to more than 8,900 locations is expected to be available beginning later this summer.
In Cheshire, service to greater than 5,000 locations is expected to be available beginning later this summer.
In Naugatuck, service to over 12,800 locations is expected to be available beginning later this summer.
In Waterbury, service to more than 18,500 locations is expected to be available this fall.
GoNetspeed says FTTP capabilities will be available in Wolcott “in the near future.”
“The importance of high speed, reliable Internet access has never been more evident than it is right now,” commented GoNetspeed CEO Richard Clark. “We are happy to be expanding access not only in New Haven County, but in communities across Connecticut.”
GoNetspeed also is rolling out in FTTP infrastructure in Fairfield and Hartford counties and “continues to evaluate new areas in which to expand,” according to a press statement.
GoNetspeed also serves parts of Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and West Virginia with FTTP. It received the backing of Oak Hill Capital in January 2021 to accelerate its FTTP ambitions.
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