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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Keeping Kids Safe Online
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2025)—October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and United Communications wants to help families in Middle Tennessee
United to Acquire Loretto Telecom, Expanding Middle TN Fiber Footprint
A United Communications aerial lift truck enroute to a fiber broadband installation. (United Communications) FRANKLIN, Tenn. (Oct. 2, 2025)—Local fiber
United Communications Achieves Industry-Leading Customer Satisfaction Score
United Communications employees pose for a group photo at Adventureworks in Whites Creek, Tennessee, on June 26, 2025. (Photo credit:
United Celebrates 40,000th Broadband Customer in Middle Tennessee
United Communications Residential Connectivity Consultant Danny Jones (left) presents a local gift basket to Susan Hall in celebration of her
United Upgrades Peytonsville Fire Station to Free 8-Gig Fiber Service
A United Communications fiber installation crew upgrades the Peytonsville Volunteer Fire Department’s broadband connection. The enhanced fiber service will now
United Awards $40,000 in Scholarships to 5 Middle Tennessee Graduates
Logan Rakes, a graduating senior at Forrest High School who will attend college at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,
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Telehealth in Under-Connected Areas
Until COVID-19 swept the country, telehealth was a convenience—you knew it was there if you needed it. Fast forward to the last week of March 2020, and telehealth numbers rose
Project UNITE Spotlight: Crystal Ivey
“We think of the internet as providing entertainment for us, but it’s so much more than that,” says Crystal Ivey, Director of Broadband at the Tennessee Department of Economic and
The Issue with The Internet
And How Project UNITE Works to Solve It “It’s just harder to bring service to the most rural areas,” explains United Communications President, William Bradford. As rural communities have been
Connecting Rural America to High-speed Internet
Internet access in rural areas has long been an issue that public and private organizations alike are working to address. Unfortunately, these efforts have not been fast enough to ensure
What Makes Fiber Internet the Best Choice
We all want and need reliable internet. But when you have multiple options, such as DSL, cable, and fiber, it can be unclear which would be the best fit for
Internet Access to Facilitate Distance Learning
COVID-19 has changed the ways in which we live, especially the workforce and—for students of all ages—the ways in which we learn. For many, distance learning has become an indefinite
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