Where Brightspeed is actually available
Brightspeed reports service across 20 states and 301 metro areas in the latest FCC filing, and 1,793,486 of its 5,091,731 residential locations are fiber. Here is where that footprint actually reaches, and where it does not.
Is Brightspeed available in my area?
Brightspeed is a regional network, not a national one. The honest answer for any given home is that it depends on the street, because fiber networks were built out block by block. The tables below are the closest thing to a straight answer that public federal data allows: every state and metro where Brightspeed has reported service, and how much of each it covers.
Brightspeed coverage by state
These percentages are the whole Brightspeed network, not just fiber. 35.2% of what this operator files with the FCC is fiber (1,793,486 residential locations); the rest is DSL / copper (3,291,659) and fixed wireless (6,586). The FCC publishes that split for the country as a whole and never by state or metro, so no public source can say how much of any one state is fiber. Read the table below as where this operator reports service on any fixed technology.
Coverage is the share of residential locations in each state where Brightspeed reports it can serve. A low percentage does not mean a bad network. It usually means a network concentrated in a few towns.
| State | Share of homes covered |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 25.4% |
| Missouri | 21.9% |
| Arkansas | 15.1% |
| Alabama | 11.7% |
| Wisconsin | 10.8% |
| Ohio | 9.6% |
| Virginia | 8.8% |
| Kansas | 7.8% |
| Indiana | 6.9% |
| Tennessee | 6.8% |
| Pennsylvania | 5.2% |
| Louisiana | 3.6% |
| South Carolina | 3.1% |
| New Jersey | 3.1% |
| Texas | 2.7% |
| Michigan | 1.9% |
| Mississippi | 1.7% |
| Illinois | 0.9% |
| Georgia | 0.7% |
| Oklahoma | 0.1% |
Metro areas Brightspeed serves
Ranked by how much of the metro is covered, not by metro size. The top of this list is where Brightspeed is a realistic option for most homes. Same caveat as the state table: this is the whole network, and 35.2% of it nationally is fiber.
| Metro area | Share of homes covered |
|---|---|
| Kinston, NC Micro Area | 90.5% |
| Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area | 89.4% |
| Martinsville, VA Micro Area | 88.9% |
| Greenwood, SC Micro Area | 85.9% |
| Johnson City, TN Metro Area | 85.1% |
| Wilson, NC Micro Area | 84.6% |
| Lima, OH Metro Area | 84.2% |
| New Bern, NC Metro Area | 84.0% |
| Henderson, NC Micro Area | 83.7% |
| Greenville, NC Metro Area | 83.5% |
| Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area | 83.4% |
| Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area | 83.1% |
| Fayetteville, NC Metro Area | 83.0% |
| Rolla, MO Micro Area | 82.3% |
| Mount Vernon, OH Micro Area | 81.9% |
| Mansfield, OH Metro Area | 81.7% |
| Greeneville, TN Micro Area | 81.2% |
| Decatur, IN Micro Area | 80.8% |
| Gettysburg, PA Metro Area | 80.4% |
| Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area | 79.3% |
| Greenville, OH Micro Area | 78.6% |
| Charlottesville, VA Metro Area | 77.9% |
| Lebanon, MO Micro Area | 76.0% |
| Bellefontaine, OH Micro Area | 75.8% |
| West Plains, MO Micro Area | 75.7% |
Showing the 25 best-covered of 301 metro areas with reported Brightspeed service.
What technology does Brightspeed use?
Connect Holding II LLC reports more than one technology to the FCC, so not every address in its footprint gets the same product:
35% of the locations Connect Holding II LLC reports nationally are fiber. Most of what this company files is something else, so treat any coverage percentage for this brand as the whole company rather than as fiber reach.
| Technology | Residential locations reported |
|---|---|
| DSL / Copper | 3,291,659 |
| Fiber | 1,793,486 |
| Fixed Wireless | 6,586 |
An honest limitation. The FCC publishes each provider's technology mix nationally, but not per city. So we can tell you Brightspeed operates fiber somewhere in a given state and we cannot tell you from this data that your particular street gets fiber rather than one of the others. Check with the provider before signing anything.
How fiber compares
Fiber vs cable explains what actually differs between the delivery methods, and when the difference is worth paying for.
Brightspeed compared to other providers
Providers that overlap with Brightspeed in enough places to be a real choice:
- Brightspeed vs Spectrum (both available in 189 metro areas)
- Brightspeed vs Xfinity (both available in 111 metro areas)
Other providers in the states Brightspeed serves
Operators reporting service in the same states, most overlap first. Sharing a state is not sharing a street, so treat this as where to look next rather than as a second option at your address.
- AT&T Fiber in 20 of the same states
- Verizon Fios in 20 of the same states
- Xfinity in 19 of the same states
- Spectrum in 18 of the same states
- Mediacom in 13 of the same states
- Sparklight in 13 of the same states
- Frontier Fiber in 13 of the same states
- Optimum in 12 of the same states
- Kinetic in 11 of the same states
- Metronet in 11 of the same states
- Hotwire Communications in 7 of the same states
- Point Broadband in 7 of the same states
- Ripple Fiber in 5 of the same states
- Astound Broadband in 5 of the same states
- Buckeye Broadband in 4 of the same states
- Omni Fiber in 4 of the same states
- C Spire in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
- Surf Internet in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
- Dobson Fiber in Arkansas, Oklahoma
- EverFast Fiber in Kansas, Missouri
- Truvista Fiber in Georgia, South Carolina
- OEC Fiber in Oklahoma
Common questions
Is Brightspeed available at my address?
Only an address check answers that. Use the state and metro tables above to find out whether Brightspeed operates in your area at all. If your state is not listed, it does not. If it is, coverage within that state is uneven and street-level.
Who owns Brightspeed?
Brightspeed files with the FCC under the holding company name Connect Holding II LLC. This is common, because the name on the bill and the name on the federal filing are frequently different.
How current is this data?
It comes from the FCC Broadband Data Collection, filing period D25, published July 21, 2026. The FCC refreshes it roughly twice a year, and there is a publication lag of several months. We update these pages when new data is released.
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