Brightspeed —
Business Fiber, DIA & Ethernet

Brightspeed is actively investing in new fiber infrastructure across the Southeast and South-Central United States — specifically targeting markets that have historically been underserved by cable operators and major CLECs. In many of these markets, Brightspeed is the only fiber-based provider offering DIA and Ethernet-grade connectivity. Businesses in these areas gain access to enterprise connectivity options that were previously unavailable or required expensive alternative solutions.

Brightspeed DIA delivers symmetric upload and download speeds from 10 Mbps to 100 Gbps over fiber — with formal Service Level Agreements governing uptime and response times. Symmetric speeds matter for cloud-first organizations, unified communications, video conferencing, backup replication, and any workload with meaningful outbound bandwidth requirements. The SLA provides contractual accountability that standard business internet products do not offer.

Brightspeed's network is built around the legacy CenturyLink/Lumen footprint in the Southeast and South-Central US, giving it dense coverage in markets across North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and surrounding states. For businesses with locations in these markets, Brightspeed often represents the primary fiber alternative to incumbent cable providers — and may be the only carrier offering enterprise-grade DIA and Ethernet at a given address.

Brightspeed's Ethernet Private Line and EVPL services provide dedicated, private WAN transport for enterprises that need to connect multiple locations or extend private connectivity to a data center or cloud environment. Carrier-grade Ethernet offers predictable latency, guaranteed bandwidth, and no contention with public internet traffic — making it appropriate for inter-site application traffic, financial data, healthcare data, and other workloads that cannot tolerate the variability of internet-based transport.

Brightspeed is backed by Apollo Global Management, a major private equity firm with a long-term investment thesis around fiber infrastructure buildout. Apollo's backing provides the capital foundation for Brightspeed's ongoing fiber expansion into underserved markets — a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure investment that supports the network's continued growth and reliability. For businesses in Brightspeed's footprint, this backing signals a long-term operational commitment rather than a carrier in wind-down mode.