Ziply® Fiber announces new fiber internet build this summer to more than 1,000 homes and businesses in Benton City, Washington

Big Picture

• Ziply Fiber is building a new fiber-optic internet network this summer in Benton City, Washington
• 1,000+ residential and business addresses are part of construction plans
• Services ready for installation in late Summer / early Fall
• Ziply provides a dedicated connection to each home, so neighbors online won’t slow you down
• End-to-end, 100% high-speed fiber internet infrastructure will support increasing demand

Kirkland, Washington (June 16, 2026)—America’s Fastest Home Internet provider, Ziply® Fiber, announced today its plans to build and launch a new, ultra-high-speed, 100-percent fiber-optic network in Benton City, Washington this summer. When construction is complete, fiber internet in Benton City will reach more than 1,000 residential and business addresses, delivering speeds up to 50 Gig, the fastest residential internet plan in the country.

Why it Matters

Construction of this new fiber internet network is important because in Benton City, like across much of the country, much of the community still relies on outdated cable or copper infrastructure, which were never designed to handle today’s internet needs and speeds. With its true end-to-end fiber network, Ziply Fiber is ensuring Benton City has the infrastructure needed to support the increasing demands of today and for many years to come.

“Our priority continues to be connecting more and more communities to the fastest fiber internet available,” said Harold Zeitz, CEO of Ziply Fiber. “This is highly reliable, dedicated fiber that runs from our fiber backbone all the way to individual homes and businesses. Our network is built to handle the demands of today’s modern user who is connecting multiple devices and expects top performance, while at the same time giving the community plenty of capacity to allow for future growth.”

What’s Happens During Construction?

Benton City residents soon will see trucks and crews begin to run fiber aerially between telephone poles and underground in some areas. Construction will include the installation of network equipment that will house the infrastructure needed to run and manage the network, as well.

Benton City residents should expect:

• Construction to more homes and businesses over the next several weeks. Here’s what to expect during construction
• Fiber availability. To sign-up for alerts when service is ready at an address, visit Ziply’s dedicated Benton City page
• Construction clean-up. Residents should let Ziply know if something was missed on its Construction Feedback Form
• Reliability of redundant, dual network with low-capacity limits to ensure no slowdowns and keep everyone connected

Residents looking for “internet providers near me” will find that Ziply Fiber includes a variety of benefits in its plans that are often add-ons or have explanations buried in the fine print of competitor plans.

Ziply Fiber believes that everyone should benefit from amazingly fast, game-changing internet, not just people in big cities. That’s why the company has been investing hundreds of millions of dollars to build an advanced, 100-percent fiber network to underserved suburban and rural communities across the Northwest. Since June 2020, Ziply Fiber has built and/or is currently building fiber networks in more than 170 new fiber markets in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, connecting more people and more communities to fast, reliable internet every day.

What sets Ziply Fiber apart?

• Named 2025 Fiber Provider of the Year by Cablefax Magazine
• Won 2024 Broadband Nation Award for Excellence in Fiber to the Home Deployment
• Offers America’s Fastest Home Internet—50 Gig
• Called “America’s undisputed leader as the fastest home internet provider” and “the fastest internet provider nationwide” by CNET
• Named “The Fastest ISP in the Northwest” by HighSpeedInternet.com

About Ziply Fiber

Ziply Fiber, home to America’s Fastest Home Internet—50 Gig, is an independent business unit of Bell Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Ziply Fiber’s Northwest roots include a senior leadership team that has lived and worked in the communities we serve. That local market mindset and history are important parts of the company culture and vision for the future. More information on the company’s products and services can be found at ziplyfiber.com.

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