{"id":2687,"date":"2025-07-11T22:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T22:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/2687\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T22:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T22:46:04","slug":"greenlight-networks-to-acquire-loop-internet-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/2687\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenlight Networks to Acquire Loop Internet Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, July 11, 2025 \u2013 Greenlight Networks has reached a deal to acquire the assets of Loop Internet, a locally owned fiber provider headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenlightnetworks.com\/greenlight-networks-to-acquire-loop-internet\/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Wednesday<\/a>, Greenlight and Loop together aim to serve the Scranton area, covering neighboring cities such as Wilkes-Barre, Mountain Top, and Kingston.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy joining forces, we can move faster into new markets, operate more efficiently, and deliver an exceptional customer experience to even more consumers,\u201d CEO of Greenlight Networks Mark Murphy announced the deal.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/speeding-bead-summit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bead_event_base_graphic-1.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1024x614\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT<br \/>Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?<br \/>Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD<br \/>Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance<br \/>Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills<\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/speeding-bead-summit\" class=\"kg-cta-button \" style=\"background-color: #054c93; color: #FFFFFF;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                            All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit<br \/>\n                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoop\u2019s existing network footprint complements our current and planned service areas, and will provide a critical base of operations, in addition to key personnel and resources in the Scranton area,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n<p>Loop Internet Founder, Chris Hacken, also expressed excitement for the expansion. \u201cWe\u2019re proud of what we\u2019ve built at Loop Internet,\u201d he said, \u201cand this next chapter with Greenlight Networks is an exciting evolution of that journey, that enables us to accelerate our plans.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2015 in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., by Hacken, who was an area resident frustrated with poor connectivity, Loop Internet has grown over the past decade to provide fiber internet services in parts of Mountain Top, Scranton, and Kingston; with several neighboring communities under construction and coming online soon.<\/p>\n<p>The ISP has earned a reputation for transparent pricing, responsive customer service, and local investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenlight will build on Loop\u2019s strong local expertise and infrastructure with capital investments in the region,\u201d the release states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Greenlight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenlightnetworks.com\/greenlight-networks-brings-industry-leading-ultra-high-speed-internet-to-pennsylvania\/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced in April<\/a> it would expand in South-Central Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Maryland. The ISP currently serves 225,000 homes and 10,000 businesses, across 40 municipalities, with a strong presence across New York state.<\/p>\n<p>Greenlight\u2019s acquisition of Loop was pending regulatory approval and expected to close later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, July 11, 2025 \u2013 Greenlight Networks has reached a deal to acquire the assets of Loop Internet,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-2687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}