{"id":171076,"date":"2026-04-20T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171076\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:18:10","slug":"another-high-speed-internet-provider-eyes-lehigh-valley-market-bethelehm-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171076\/","title":{"rendered":"Another high-speed internet provider eyes Lehigh Valley market | Bethelehm Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Another internet provider is entering an increasingly crowded Lehigh Valley market.<\/p>\n

Greenlight Networks has announced plans to expand its fiber network to the region with a $62 million expansion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than half- nearly $33 million- is earmarked to build the infrastructure within the city of Bethlehem, one of the first communities selected for the initial fiber network build, the company said in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Greenlight said construction is already underway in the first neighborhoods of central Bethlehem, marking the start of a phased-build across the city.<\/p>\n

More than 22,000 homes and businesses are expected to gain access to Greenlight\u2019s fiber-optic network with initial service availability starting this spring, the company said.<\/p>\n

Additional neighborhoods will come online throughout the summer and into the fall.<\/p>\n

Greenlight is posting updates about service availability on its website.<\/a><\/p>\n

The company, founded in 2011, is based in Rochester, New York, and currently offers high-speed fiber internet to more than 225,000 homes and nearly 10,000 small businesses in 35 municipalities in the state.<\/p>\n

The Lehigh Valley expansion builds on Greenlight\u2019s 2025 acquisition of Loop Internet, which added local staff and resources in northeast Pennsylvania, the company said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also, the acquisition of FastBridge Fiber, which is expected to close later this year, will further extend the company\u2019s footprint across southeast Pennsylvania, Greenlight said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Greenlight is the second New York-based high-speed internet provider to announce an expansion into the Lehigh Valley in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

As 69 News previously reported<\/a>, Empire Fiber Internet said it intended to bring “ultra-fast, reliable connectivity to more than 35,000 homes and businesses” in the region but did not offer specifics on where the service would be available.<\/p>\n

Also, Comcast has been furthering its reach into the Lehigh Valley as well. Its\u00a0Xfinity service became available for the first time for select homes and businesses in Bethlehem Township and Emmaus in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Another internet provider is entering an increasingly crowded Lehigh Valley market. Greenlight Networks has announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,1391,60],"class_list":["post-171076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-bethlehem-area","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}