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Local fiber broadband provider\u00a0United Communications\u00a0will add another county to its growing Middle Tennessee service area. Last week, the company announced it has signed an agreement to acquire\u00a0Loretto Telecom, a long-standing rural internet provider with 20 employees serving more than 8,000 locations in Lawrence County.<\/p>\n
This will mark the fourth acquisition for United, which has more than doubled the number of connected homes and businesses served by its fiber network over the last three years and established itself as the leading internet provider in Middle Tennessee.<\/p>\n
Today, United connects 120,000 locations across 11 counties in Middle Tennessee with cutting-edge offerings, including 8-Gig fiber internet speeds, Wi-Fi 7 technology for seamless connections and United\u2019s UControl and BizControl network management apps.<\/p>\n
Loretto customers will not experience any operational changes or service interruptions while the acquisition awaits final regulatory approval, which is expected by the end of 2025. United intends to retain the Loretto Telecom name and expand the local team to accelerate product upgrades and network expansion throughout Lawrence County.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a proud moment for United, and we\u2019re looking forward to welcoming Loretto Telecom into the United family,\u201d said William Bradford, president and CEO of United Communications. \u201cTheir local presence and experience were major contributing factors to this acquisition, and we\u2019re excited to combine our talents and resources to deliver world-class internet to Lawrence County.\u201d<\/p>\n
Josh Lynch, chief operating officer at United Communications, was a co-founder of Athena Broadband prior to its acquisition by United in 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we became a part of United, we saw how our companies\u2019 shared values resulted in a higher standard of customer service and innovation,\u201d said Lynch. \u201cLoretto\u2019s team brings that same spirit \u2014 enthusiasm, integrity and dedication to providing high-quality, personalized service to each and every customer.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the achievements we\u2019re most proud of is maintaining a\u00a04.7-star average Google rating\u00a0with over 2,100 reviews,\u201d Lynch added. \u201cThat level of customer satisfaction is unheard of for most internet providers, but it\u2019s the type of service that every Lawrence County resident and business owner deserves to experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re building on a history of rural service leadership,\u201d added Bradford, referencing both companies\u2019 origins as rural telephone providers in Middle Tennessee. \u201cUnited and Loretto share more than geography \u2014 we share a responsibility to serve, invest and uplift the region together.\u201d<\/p>\n
United is committed to transparent updates and maintaining service continuity for all customers throughout the acquisition process. For more information, visit:\u00a0united.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local fiber broadband provider\u00a0United Communications\u00a0will add another county to its growing Middle Tennessee service area. Last week, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[49,48,244,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-199351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}