Astound Broadband Receives Top ISP Honors and Readers’ Choice Awards

August 24th, 2021
Internet, TV, and phone provider named leading ISP across multiple categories in top-tier publications PRINCETON, N.J. – August 24, 2021 – Astound Broadband, comprised of RCN, Grande and Wave, award-winning providers of high-speed internet, digital TV and phone services across the U.S., today announced its recognition in PCMag’s 2021 Readers’...

Stonepeak Closes Acquisition of Astound Broadband

August 19th, 2021
Acquisition represents the largest broadband & telecom transaction in the past five years New York, N.Y. and Princeton, N.J. – August 19, 2021 – Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, today closed its previously announced $8.1 billion acquisition of Astound Broadband (Astound), the sixth...

Astound Broadband to Acquire Select Assets of WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone

June 30th, 2021
PRINCETON, NJ – June 30, 2021 – Astound Broadband, the sixth largest cable operator in the United States (doing business as RCN, Grande Communications, and Wave Broadband), today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Chicago, IL, Evansville, IN, and Anne Arundel, MD assets of WOW! Internet,...

Stonepeak Announces Agreement to Acquire Astound Broadband from TPG for $8.1 Billion

November 1st, 2020
Represents the largest private equity acquisition in the U.S. in 2020 and the largest cable transaction in the past five years. Princeton, N.J. – November 1, 2020 – Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners (Stonepeak), a private equity firm specializing in infrastructure investing, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Astound...

Astound Business Solutions Announces Collaboration with Ciena

September 23rd, 2020
Ciena adds massive scalability with coherent optical and packet technology to organization’s offerings Princeton, N.J. – September 23, 2020 - Astound Business, a communications provider delivering industry-leading high-speed internet, voice, and cloud networking services for businesses of all sizes, today announced its collaboration with networking, services and software company Ciena....

Astound Broadband Concludes Acquisition of EnTouch Systems

September 18th, 2020
The Houston, TX-based operator joins 6th largest cable operator PRINCETON, N.J. – September 18, 2020 – Astound Broadband, award-winning provider of high-speed internet, digital TV and phone services across the U.S., today finalized its previously announced acquisition of EnTouch Systems, Inc. (EnTouch). The agreement adds residential and business services in...

Astound Business Enhances Software-Defined Wide-Area Network Solution

August 18th, 2020
Newly Available Solution Offers Portal Access, Visualizations to Connect Customers Princeton, N.J. – August 18, 2020 – Astound Business Solutions, a communications provider delivering mission-critical fiber infrastructure solutions in seven of the top 10 metro markets across the United States, today announced enhancements to its Software-Defined Wide-Area Network (SD-WAN) solution....

Astound Business Announces Construction of Hillsboro Data Center Ring II

January 20th, 2020
Combined Fiber Rings to Connect Seven Submarine Cable Systems into Single Network HILLSBORO, OR – January 20, 2020 – Astound Business, a national telecommunications provider with a local focus, today announced the construction of Hillsboro Data Center Ring II, a pioneering fiber optic network in Oregon scheduled to be completed...