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All Points Broadband reports fiber build nearly complete in Northumberland; urges residents to check FCC and state maps
Summary
All Points Broadband told the board the regional public-private fiber project connected roughly 10,000 previously unserved addresses and urged residents to check public maps to confirm coverage.
All Points Broadband updated the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors on progress and next steps for the five-county fiber build funded through a public-private partnership and state programs.
Tom Enns of All Points said the regional build has invested roughly $120 million and delivered fiber to about 10,000 addresses across the five counties, with about 2,000 eligible homes in Northumberland and an approximately 40% subscription rate so far. The company reported roughly 260 distribution miles and 70 miles to individual homes in Northumberland and said it had engineered more than 23,000 poles regionally as part of make-ready work with electric utilities.
Enns described the network as high-capacity XGS-PON fiber — “top of the line technology” — and said the infrastructure was designed to scale for future demand. He urged residents to confirm service availability by entering their address at apbfiber.com and by using the FCC’s national broadband map (broadbandmap.fcc.gov), because accurate public maps are used to allocate federal and state funding.
Enns also summarized timing for federal/state BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) implementation: the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development is compiling a plan and the state must publish allocations by July 25, 2025. All Points said it will submit a formal BEAD application March 1 and would coordinate with county staff on addresses that gave ambiguous responses on online forms.
Board members pressed for outreach to residents who still show as unserved on census or FCC maps and asked the company and county to help households correct address data. Enns said the company and county administration would accept reports of mismatches and follow up individually.
What happens next: All Points will continue customer connections and file for BEAD program funding; county staff will forward mismatched addresses and encourage residents to verify location pins on the FCC map.
