--- title: Lightower Announces 1,500-Mile Expansion Through Washington, D.C. and Virginia description: Lightower Announces 1,500-Mile Expansion Through Washington, D.C. and Virginia --- - [Contact JSA](https://www.jsa.net/contact/) - [Tech & Telecom News Now](https://www.jsa.net/blog/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/telecompr) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/JaymieScottoTV) [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jaymie-scotto-%26-associates) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/JaymieScottoandAssociates) [![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-120h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png)](https://www.jsa.net/) - [Company](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Our Core Values](https://www.jsa.net/core-values/) - [Our Team](https://www.jsa.net/team/) - 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In May 2012, Lightower began constructing over 1,100 route miles of high fiber-count network blanketing most of Virginia and into North Carolina. Additionally, Lightower is announcing the addition of almost 400 route miles in the Washington, D.C. metro region, including parts of northern Virginia and southern Maryland. Combining this new network with the existing network in the area, Lightower enhances its position as a major service provider in the region. The large-scale expansion of Lightower’s network in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina addresses the surging demand in the region for high-performance networking solutions from area enterprises, educational institutions, as well as government and military agencies. The expansion also adds all-fiber connectivity to area data centers, including those in Ashburn, Culpepper, Richmond and Washington, D.C., that offer critical connectivity points for government applications, cloud and content distribution and area technology companies. Customers in the expansion areas gain access to all of Lightower’s existing 20,000+ miles of network and 7,500+ service locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Chicago area. “This expansion dramatically increases the number of customers Lightower can serve in the Washington, D.C. metro and Virginia markets,” stated Rob Shanahan, CEO of Lightower. “Lightower will continue to aggressively invest and expand in this region, all in response to the tremendous demand we are seeing here. Our high-performance networking solutions power some of the largest companies and most demanding applications in the world, and now we are bringing more of this networking power to Washington.” To view Lightower’s new network map, visit: [http://www.lightower.com/network-map/](http://www.lightower.com/network-map/) To read the full press release, please click: [http://www.lightower.com/news/press-releases/lightower-announces-1500-mile-expansion-of-all-fiber-network-in-washington-d-c-and-virginia/](http://www.lightower.com/news/press-releases/lightower-announces-1500-mile-expansion-of-all-fiber-network-in-washington-d-c-and-virginia/) [all-fiber](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/all-fiber), [connectivity](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/connectivity), [Connectivity](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/connectivity-2), [Content Delivery](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/content-delivery), [content delivery network](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/content-delivery-network), [content distribution](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/content-distribution), [dark fiber](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/dark-fiber), [data center connectivity](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/data-center-connectivity), [optical transport](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/optical-transport), [education](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/education), [enterprise](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/enterprise), [Expansion](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/expansion), [fiber](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/fiber), [fiber optic network](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/fiber-optic-network), [fiber optics](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/fiber-optics), [government](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/government), [healthcare](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/healthcare), [higher education](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/higher-education), [low latency](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/low-latency), [Low-Latency Network](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/low-latency-network), [network growth](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/network-growth), [Lightower Fiber Networks](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/lightower-fiber-networks), [military](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/military), [Mobile backhaul](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/mobile-backhaul-2), [Ethernet](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/ethernet), [bandwidth](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/bandwidth), [big bandwidth](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/big-bandwidth), [big data](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/big-data), [broadband infrastructure](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/broadband-infrastructure), [business strategy](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/business-strategy), [carrier](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/carrier), [Cell tower backhaul](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/cell-tower-backhaul), [cloud](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/cloud), [Bandwidth Infrastructure](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/bandwidth-infrastructure-2), [cloud computing](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/cloud-computing), [Data Center Connectivity](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/data-center-connectivity-2), [Global Telecommunications](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/global-telecommunications), [Government](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/government-2), [high frequency traders](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/high-frequency-traders), [high-performance network](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/high-performance-network), [rob shanahan](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/rob-shanahan), [network route](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/network-route), [North Carolina](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/north-carolina), [Optical Networking](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/optical-networking), [Optical Transport](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/optical-transport-2), [Technology](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/technology), [Telco 2.0](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telco-20), [telecom industry blog](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecom-industry-blog-2), [telecom news](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecom-news-2), [Washington DC](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/washington-dc), [Wholesale Carrier](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/wholesale-carrier), [Telecom](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecom), [telecom news blog](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecom-news-blog), [Telecommunications](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecommunications), [Virginia](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/virginia), [WDM](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/wdm), [Wholesale Telecom](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/wholesale-telecom), [Wireless backhaul](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/wireless-backhaul-2) #### Share This Article [mailto:?body=https://blog.jsa.net/blog/lightower-announces-1500-mile-expansion-through-washington-d-c-and-virginia/14156](mailto:?body=https://blog.jsa.net/blog/lightower-announces-1500-mile-expansion-through-washington-d-c-and-virginia/14156) TEX Dallas 2019 is taking place on March 13, 2019 at the Aloft Dallas Downtown. 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