Ziply Fiber doubles multi-gig availability

KIRKLAND, Wash. – Ziply Fiber today announced that after becoming the first company to launch ultra-high-speed 5-gig and 2-gig residential fiber internet service at scale, the company has more than doubled its multi-gig fiber availability to 364,000 locations and added more than 30 additional cities to its 5-gig and 2-gig footprint. In January, the company introduced service to 170,000 residential customer addresses in 60 cities and towns across Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

The fastest home internet service provider in the Northwest, Ziply Fiber continues its fast-paced growth of multi-gig residential services, and currently plans to have 5-gig and 2-gig services available in most of its four-state footprint by mid-year.

In Washington, more than 75,000 locations were enabled, many of them coming in cities throughout Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties north of Seattle. The company also nearly tripled the number of multi-gig locations it offers in Oregon, now topping 150,000, with Beaverton alone adding 20,000 locations In Idaho, nearly 25,000 locations were added, the vast majority coming in Coeur d’Alene, Hayden and Post Falls.

Some of the more than 30 new markets in which Ziply Fiber now offers multi-gig service include:

• Washington – Anacortes, Arlington, Burlington, Duvall, Granite Falls, Kennewick, Lynden and Mount Vernon
• Oregon – Bandon, Brookings, Clackamas, Damascus, Detroit, Enterprise, Fairview, Gold Beach, Gresham, Happy Valley, Joseph, Lakeside, Mill City, Port Orford, Reedsport, Troutdale and Vernonia
• Idaho – Dalton Gardens, Harrison, Onaway, Orofino and Post Falls

People interested in finding out if multi-gig plans are available at their home currently can check their address at https://ziplyfiber.com/multigig. Multi-gig expansion efforts in Montana continue to take shape and are on schedule for this spring.

As the company continues to expand its fiber presence, Ziply Fiber's expansion into new fiber markets will be built with multi-gig services enabled. New advances like these are examples of how Ziply Fiber is future-proofing its network, ensuring that customers will always have access to the best possible connection and technology.

Ziply Fiber's announcement comes at a time when more and more families and businesses need high-capacity internet to support the online needs of daily life in today's world. Ziply Fiber's ultra-fast service requires no annual contracts and no data caps for residential users.

Ziply Fiber also participates in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), an FCC benefit program which allows qualified people to receive reduced cost monthly internet service. To determine your eligibility and sign up for ACP, please visit https://acpbenefit.org.

This multi-gig expansion is part of Ziply Fiber's commitment to invest more than $500 million to build an advanced, 100-percent fiber network to both suburban and rural communities across the Northwest that have been underserved when it comes to internet access. The company has been actively building and upgrading fiber across the Northwest since June 2020 and has plans to build and deploy new fiber-optic cables, local hubs, new offices, and new hardware to run the network as part of hundreds of additional projects across its 250,000-square-mile footprint.

Ziply Fiber's primary service offerings are Fiber Internet and phone for residential customers; Business Fiber Internet and Ziply Voice services for small businesses; and a variety of Internet, networking, and voice solutions for enterprise customers. The company will continue to support Ziply Internet (DSL) customers, and its TV customers in Washington and Oregon. A full listing of products and services can be found at ziplyfiber.com.

Read the full press release here.

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