Open Broadband, based outside of Charlotte, NC, provides hybrid fiber and fixed-wireless ISP solutions to bring broadband internet to businesses, residences, and community areas. The company relies on Segra for circuits and fiber-to-the-towers where they are needed. Circuits are secure, private data connections that connect multiple locations with dedicated leased data lines. With 30,000 route miles of fiber from Pennsylvania to Georgia, Segra, also based in Charlotte, has been instrumental in providing those services to Open Broadband.
“We began working with Open Broadband shortly after their inception in late 2017, providing fiber, internet, and data center infrastructure to them,” says Ted Marshall, senior national account executive, at Segra. “We serve them across the Carolinas, and currently have over 15 circuits in the Charlotte area alone and continue to foster new partnerships and projects with them here and in other areas.”
Open Broadband orders circuits from Segra to various towers and buildings in underserved areas. From those sites, Open Broadband uses fixed wireless access systems to deliver internet connections to customers.
“We could not do this without Segra,” says Alan Fitzpatrick, founder and CEO of Open Broadband. “They are such a critical partner to us because if we didn’t have that fiber access or internet connection, we couldn’t do what we are doing in connecting the underserved.”
With Segra’s help, Open Broadband provides internet services to rural areas where connections are scarce, public areas in cities and parks, and urban areas where lower income residents need to have affordable internet options available.
Aside from businesses, Open Broadband also provides internet coverage for residents in the Charlotte area and is a registered provider of FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program that helps low-income families stay connected.
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