WIRE3 Begins $37 Million Fiber Build for 37,000 Albany-Area Locations
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Updated · WALB · Jun 25
WIRE3 Begins $37 Million Fiber Build for 37,000 Albany-Area Locations
1 articles · Updated · WALB · Jun 25
Summary
$37 million in private funding is backing WIRE3's new fiber network in Dougherty and Lee counties, where the company says construction has started and some service could arrive by fall 2026.
37,000 homes and businesses are the target footprint, starting west of Albany State University near Gillionville Road before crews expand north toward the Liberty Expressway and outward over a 12- to 18-month first phase.
Albany residents have complained of costly, unreliable internet that cannot consistently support remote work, coursework or streaming, framing the market WIRE3 calls underserved.
$30 a month is the planned entry price, while top-tier service of up to 10 gigabits per second is slated to cost under $100, with no taxpayer funding involved and local hiring planned.