Why fiber

Glass vs copper.

Fiber isn't a faster version of cable. It's a different medium: light through glass carries more data, farther, with less delay, and weather can't touch it.

Room to grow

The glass in your street already carries far more than our fastest plan. Going faster later is a change on our end, not another trench.

Steady all day

On fiber, delay barely changes from peak hours to the quietest, so a call or a game will not lag when the whole street comes online.

Fast in both directions

Download and upload at the same speed, on every plan. On coax the upload is typically a twentieth of what's advertised.

Weatherproof by design

Buried glass shrugs off the heat, moisture and interference that wear copper down. No poles, no storms, no corrosion.

Not all “fiber” is fiber

Plenty of providers sell something called “fiber powered.” Usually the glass stops at a cabinet on the corner and copper covers the rest of the way to your home, which is where the limits on this page come from.

Fiber to the nodewhat "fiber" often means

Aspire Fiberfiber to the home

“Fiber to the node” (FTTN) is a standard industry architecture, not a claim about any one provider. Plenty of services marketed as fiber use it. The copper leg is where the speed, the symmetry and the weather sensitivity come back.

Still fast when the whole street is online

Your line is yours alone, so a busy evening looks like the middle of the night. On cable, one pipe is split across the whole street, so the hours everyone is home are the hours it has least to give.

Aspire Fiber: your own line, so nothing changes Typical cable: a segment shared with the street

The same difference shows up across the board. The facts speak for themselves.

aspirefiberTypical cable

Upload speedaspirefiberSame as your download, on every planOften 20 times slower than the download

What reaches your houseaspirefiberGlass, all the way to the houseCoax for the last stretch

EveningsaspirefiberYour line carries your house and nothing elseA segment shared with the street

LatencyaspirefiberLow and steady, which is what gaming and video calls needHigher, and it climbs when the street gets busy

Weather and interferenceaspirefiberLight in glass, so heat and moisture don't reach itAn electrical signal, so heat and water matter

Data capsaspirefiberNoneCommon, or an extra charge to remove

Physical securityaspirefiberNo electrical signal to tap into, and the line is yours aloneAn electrical signal on a line shared with the street

Common questions

Is fiber affected by weather?

No. Fiber carries light, so heat and moisture don't affect the signal. A power outage still takes down the equipment in your home, but a small battery backup on the router keeps you online.

Do I need new wiring inside my house?

No. The fiber comes to one point and everything inside runs over Wi-Fi or the ethernet you already have. Wired for Ethernet already? Tell the technician and they'll use it.

Will I really notice a difference?

Yes. Most of all on uploads, video calls and evenings, where a shared cable line struggles. Downloads are faster too, and steady all day.

Is fiber more secure?

The medium is. Fiber emits no electromagnetic signal, so it can't be read by induction the way copper can, and your line is point-to-point. Everything above the equipment in your home is unchanged by that.

Who is a 10 Gig plan for?

Home labs, studios and anyone moving very large files all day. Most households are best on 1 or 2 Gig, and we can help you land on the right one.

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