{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
  "publisher": "Tarheel Connect",
  "method": "Selected official disclosures and published city references reviewed for consumer research. Confirm the exact address, unit, product, current account and final terms with the provider.",
  "limitations": [
    "Not a household availability or orderability database.",
    "Not an exhaustive ISP registry or list of retailer authorizations.",
    "Historical corporate events and city listings do not prove account migration or a second independent network.",
    "Source check dates describe a bounded review, not continuous monitoring."
  ],
  "name": "Selected U.S. ISP brand and transaction relationships",
  "scope": "13 curated national and regional relationships",
  "guide": "https://www.tarheelconnect.com/providers/lineage/",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "northstate-lumos",
      "names": [
        "NorthState",
        "North State",
        "Lumos Networks"
      ],
      "currentName": "Lumos",
      "relationship": "brand unification",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2022-08-15",
      "scope": "Named NorthState and Lumos Networks businesses",
      "technology": "Verify fiber vs. legacy copper at the home",
      "note": "A unified brand does not establish a fiber upgrade or current retail account migration.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Lumos: NorthState and Lumos Networks unify the brand, August 15, 2022",
          "url": "https://www.lumosfiber.com/blog/2022/08/15/introducing-lumos-internet-built-for-the-future/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lumos-tmobile",
      "names": [
        "Lumos",
        "NorthState",
        "North State",
        "T-Mobile Fiber"
      ],
      "currentName": "T-Mobile Fiber / Lumos JV",
      "relationship": "joint venture and retail transition",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2025-04-01",
      "scope": "Transaction-defined Lumos footprint",
      "technology": "Fiber research; actual product needs qualification",
      "note": "The JV owns infrastructure relationships; T-Mobile supplies the described retail relationship. Do not treat every legacy account as having completed migration.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "T-Mobile: Lumos joint venture closes, April 1, 2025",
          "url": "https://www.t-mobile.com/news/business/t-mobile-eqt-close-lumos-fiber-jv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "metronet-tmobile",
      "names": [
        "Metronet",
        "MetroNet",
        "T-Mobile Fiber",
        "KKR"
      ],
      "currentName": "T-Mobile / KKR Metronet JV",
      "relationship": "joint acquisition and retail relationship",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2025-07-24",
      "scope": "Multi-state Metronet transaction; not a household coverage inventory",
      "technology": "Fiber research; verify the current product",
      "note": "T-Mobile’s annual filing reports the completed joint acquisition and its residential customer relationship. Confirm the current bill and account notices, not just the parent name.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "T-Mobile 2025 Form 10-K: July 24, 2025 Metronet joint acquisition",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1283699/000128369926000010/tmus-20251231.htm"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lumen-brightspeed",
      "names": [
        "CenturyLink",
        "Lumen",
        "Quantum Fiber",
        "Brightspeed"
      ],
      "currentName": "Brightspeed",
      "relationship": "regional asset acquisition",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2022-10-03",
      "scope": "Acquired local operations in 20 states; not all CenturyLink accounts nationwide",
      "technology": "Acquired copper and fiber operations",
      "note": "Check which service and account transferred. A Brightspeed bill does not by itself establish fiber.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Brightspeed: acquired Lumen operations launch, October 3, 2022 (PDF)",
          "url": "https://www.brightspeed.com/content/dam/brightspeed/pdfs/brightspeed-launches-operations-and-begins-large-scale-fiber-network-deployment.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "Brightspeed: transferred CenturyLink and Quantum Fiber accounts",
          "url": "https://www.brightspeed.com/content/brightspeed/us/en/residential-signin.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "quantum-att",
      "names": [
        "Lumen",
        "CenturyLink",
        "Quantum Fiber",
        "AT&T",
        "Forged Fiber 37"
      ],
      "currentName": "AT&T / acquired consumer FTTH business",
      "relationship": "consumer fiber asset acquisition",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2026-02-02",
      "scope": "Consumer FTTH business in eleven states, including Quantum Fiber",
      "technology": "Acquired consumer fiber; separate from remaining copper/business operations",
      "note": "The older “Quantum remains with Lumen in the West” shortcut is incomplete. Confirm the current customer account and brand transition at the actual home.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Lumen: consumer FTTH/Quantum Fiber sale to AT&T completed February 2, 2026",
          "url": "https://ir.lumen.com/news/news-details/2026/Lumen-Completes-Sale-of-Consumer-Fiber-to-the-Home-Business-to-ATT/default.aspx"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "att-planned-fiber-jv",
      "names": [
        "AT&T",
        "Forged Fiber 37",
        "Gigapower",
        "GIP",
        "CPP Investments"
      ],
      "currentName": "Proposed AT&T / GIP / CPP fiber JV",
      "relationship": "proposed wholesale joint venture",
      "status": "announced",
      "eventDate": "2026-10-06",
      "scope": "Proposed combination of Forged Fiber 37 and Gigapower",
      "technology": "Proposed wholesale fiber organization",
      "note": "AT&T expects closing in the first half of 2027. This announcement is not evidence that the new JV has already closed or that an address is served.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "AT&T: Forged Fiber 37/Gigapower joint venture announced October 6, 2026; expected 2027 closing",
          "url": "https://about.att.com/story/2026/forged-fiber-37-gigapower-joint-venture.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "windstream-kinetic",
      "names": [
        "Windstream",
        "Kinetic",
        "Kinetic by Windstream"
      ],
      "currentName": "Kinetic",
      "relationship": "consumer brand expansion",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2017",
      "scope": "Windstream consumer brand history; confirm the current account",
      "technology": "Fiber or legacy wired product; qualify the address",
      "note": "The consumer name does not identify the physical last mile or upload tier.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Windstream: Kinetic brand expanded, 2017",
          "url": "https://news.windstream.com/news/news-details/2017/Windstream-expands-Kinetic-brand-across-its-local-footprint/default.aspx"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "charter-spectrum",
      "names": [
        "Time Warner Cable",
        "TWC",
        "Bright House Networks",
        "Charter",
        "Spectrum"
      ],
      "currentName": "Spectrum / Charter",
      "relationship": "acquisition and consumer branding",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2016",
      "scope": "Acquired Time Warner Cable/Bright House operations and Charter consumer branding",
      "technology": "Verify coax, FTTP and the eligible upload tier",
      "note": "A brand lineage does not imply a universal cable upload ceiling or a separate line under each old name.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Charter: Spectrum and Time Warner Cable corporate history",
          "url": "https://corporate.charter.com/history"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "frontier-northwest-ziply",
      "names": [
        "Frontier Northwest",
        "Frontier",
        "Ziply Fiber"
      ],
      "currentName": "Ziply Fiber",
      "relationship": "Northwest asset acquisition",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2020-05-01",
      "scope": "Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana operations named in the 2020 transaction",
      "technology": "Acquired networks include legacy services; qualify fiber separately",
      "note": "This regional sale is distinct from the later Verizon acquisition of Frontier. Do not map all Frontier accounts nationwide to Ziply.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Ziply: Northwest Frontier acquisition completed May 1, 2020",
          "url": "https://ziplyfiber.com/news/press-release/ziply-raises-2-billion"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ziply-bce",
      "names": [
        "Ziply Fiber",
        "Ziply",
        "BCE",
        "Bell Canada"
      ],
      "currentName": "Ziply Fiber / BCE",
      "relationship": "parent-company acquisition",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2025-08-01",
      "scope": "Ziply transaction; service remains property-specific",
      "technology": "Verify the currently offered product",
      "note": "BCE completed the acquisition. Parent ownership does not itself rename each account or describe an individual home’s network.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "BCE: Ziply acquisition completed August 1, 2025",
          "url": "https://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/newsroom?article=%2FBCE-completes-acquisition-of-Ziply-Fiber-accelerating-its-fibre-growth-strategy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "frontier-verizon",
      "names": [
        "Frontier Communications",
        "Frontier Fiber",
        "Frontier",
        "Verizon"
      ],
      "currentName": "Frontier, a Verizon company",
      "relationship": "parent-company acquisition",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2026-01-20",
      "scope": "Frontier acquired by Verizon; separate from the 2020 Northwest divestiture",
      "technology": "Verify the existing Frontier product and any retail transition",
      "note": "A completed corporate acquisition is not proof that every Frontier line has become Fios or that a new physical network was installed.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Verizon: Frontier welcomed as a Verizon company, January 20, 2026",
          "url": "https://www.verizon.com/about/news/feed/introducing-frontier-verizon-company"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "regional-astound",
      "names": [
        "RCN",
        "Grande Communications",
        "Wave Broadband",
        "enTouch",
        "Digital West",
        "Astound"
      ],
      "currentName": "Astound Broadband",
      "relationship": "unified consumer branding",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2022",
      "scope": "Named regional brands in Astound’s announcement",
      "technology": "Product and physical network vary by address",
      "note": "The unified brand does not identify every home’s line technology. Sparklight is a separate brand relationship.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Astound: RCN, Grande, Wave, enTouch and Digital West unified brand",
          "url": "https://www.astound.com/industry-trends/newsroom/rcn-grande-wave-entouch-and-digital-west-now-astound-broadband/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cableone-sparklight",
      "names": [
        "Cable One",
        "Cable ONE",
        "Sparklight"
      ],
      "currentName": "Sparklight / Cable One",
      "relationship": "consumer rebrand",
      "status": "completed",
      "eventDate": "2019",
      "scope": "Cable One consumer products described in its company history",
      "technology": "Confirm the product and connection at the home",
      "note": "This rebrand does not merge Sparklight with Astound or establish a fiber upgrade.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Cable One: consumer products rebranded Sparklight in 2019",
          "url": "https://www.cableone.biz/"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}