Broadband Communities creates a list of FTTH Top 100 as defined by…

In selecting the FTTH Top 100, the editors looked for organizations that advance the cause of fiber-based broadband by

• Deploying large or ambitious networks that have innovative business plans or intend to transform local economies or improve communities’ quality of life

• Supplying critical hardware, software or services to deployers

• Introducing innovative technologies with game-changing potential, even if they have not yet been commercially deployed

• Providing critical conditions for fiber builds, such as advocacy or demand aggregation

The list is interesting but seen through a Minnesota lens, the list may be too general, to be worth poring over too much but in the small print there’s some information on providers that serve Minnesota, or are planning to serve MN. (That’s not to say that getting listed isn’t a big deal and congrats to the MN companies that do – but rather than compiled an incomplete list, I’ll just share highlights from the list makers.)

An update on Lumen (aka CenturyLink)…

Also entering the mix in a big way is Brightspeed. The company, now the fifth-largest ILEC, was formed when Apollo Global Management purchased ILEC assets and associated operations across 20 states from Lumen Technologies for $7.5 billion. Its service territory encompasses more than 6.5 million locations in mainly rural and suburban communities across the Midwest, Southeast and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Serving more than 1 million customers in these areas, primarily through its existing broadband network, the provider plans to serve 3 million homes and businesses over the next five years.

Info on Consolidated Communications…

Smaller telcos, such as Consolidated Communications and Lumos, continue progressing with FTTH. Consolidated is expanding its FTTH presence throughout California, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont. Lumos services more than 200,000 homes and businesses across North Carolina and Virginia.