Brightspeed announced that fiber-to-the-home builds are complete in Francesville, Knox, LaGrange, Nappanee, North Judson and Syracuse, bringing high-speed service to more than 13,500 homes and businesses.
These six towns are now fully fiber-enabled as part of a broader regional rollout that Brightspeed says will eventually connect nearly 55,000 locations across seven counties in Northern Indiana.
Construction is underway in 14 additional communities, with larger pockets such as Warsaw and Plymouth already planned or ready for service. Brightspeed’s project status shows wide variation between planned and ready-for-service counts—for example, Warsaw has 7,504 planned locations with about 3,218 ready, while Bremen lists 3,008 planned with 2,749 ready.
Funding for the expansion comes from federal BEAD funds and state programs along with Brightspeed’s investment. Indiana has provisionally awarded Brightspeed more than $24.5 million from BEAD to serve roughly 9,200 additional locations; about $15.6 million of that BEAD award, plus nearly $13 million of Brightspeed’s own investment, targets roughly 4,800 more locations in six counties. The state also awarded more than $5.58 million in ARPA funding to reach 3,272 residents, including a portion aimed at delivering service to about 1,800 households and businesses in Pulaski, Marshall and St. Joseph counties.
Brightspeed says the goal is to replace aging copper lines with fiber to close the digital divide in rural and underserved areas, with the Indiana footprint expected to reach nearly 170,000 homes and businesses once all work is finished. The company has also begun local outreach, sending branded representatives to inform residents about service options and signups.
