News Summary:
In early August 2026, Kinetic, a business unit of Uniti Group, expanded its multi-gig fiber network across Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Oklahoma, adding 141,000 new fiber locations and elevating several towns to ‘Gig-Ready Community’ status, meaning over 75% of homes can access high-speed internet. This followed earlier announcements on August 12, when Kinetic declared Ashland, Kentucky, a ‘Gig-Ready Community,’ providing over 75% of homes across 14,000 locations with access to its multi-gig internet. On the same day, Uniti announced Aberdeen, North Carolina, also became a Kinetic “Gig-Ready Community,” connecting over 4,000 homes to its multi-gig next-generation fiber internet.