Windstream's Beach Route Alliance: Jacksonville to Ashburn

Windstream Wholesale recently activated its dark fiber Beach Route, providing fiber links from Jacksonville, Florida, to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and extending to Raleigh, North Carolina. 

In a concurrent move, Windstream Wholesale has partnered with Mid-Atlantic Broadband, Tilson Infrastructure, and SummitIG to further expand the dark fiber network. This collaboration, known as the Beach Route Dark Fiber Alliance, extends the route an additional 315 miles from Benson, North Carolina, to Richmond and Ashburn, Virginia. This partnership aims to streamline network connectivity by eliminating the need for multi-vendor solutions, thus offering customers a unified service experience.

Highlights:

• Beach Route Availability: The 690-mile route connects significant cable landing stations and offers reduced latency, benefiting cloud services and content delivery networks.
• Strategic Partnerships: The formation of the Beach Route Dark Fiber Alliance extends the fiber network and simplifies customer engagement by consolidating service management under Windstream Wholesale.
• Enhanced Connectivity: The expansion connects key aerospace hubs and research areas, improving infrastructure for technological and industrial growth.
• Simplified Service Model: Customers get a streamlined service with a single contract and a dedicated account team, making network management more efficient.