Englewood, Colo. – October 01, 2026 -- WideOpenWest, Inc. (WOW!) has been named Cablefax's 2026 Top Ops Market Mover, recognizing a year in which the broadband provider expanded fiber passings by more than 50% across its expansion markets and over 20% across legacy markets.
WOW! extends network to nearly 50,000 additional homes and businesses
The company's network growth over the past year reached new premises across Central Florida, South Carolina and Michigan, adding fiber capacity to its footprint that already passes nearly two million residential, business and wholesale customers across 20 markets.
Newnan, Georgia upgrade delivers tenfold increase in upload speed
Last month, WOW! completed a major network upgrade in Newnan, GA, marking the largest capacity increase for its internet customers in more than a decade. The company has additional upgrades planned in that market over the next year to further boost capacity and prepare for a future launch of DOCSIS 4.0.
Cablefax Top Ops 'Market Mover' category honors strategic network impact
The annual Cablefax Top Ops awards recognize operators whose strategic moves—including greenfield expansion, network modernization and new market entry—meaningfully shifted their competitive position over the past year. Frank van der Post, CEO of WOW!, said the recognition reflects the team's work modernizing networks while adding capacity to existing infrastructure, not just expansion into new fiber markets.