NextLight has celebrated a lot of gold stars over the years. But in 2022, our community basked in an entire constellation.

That’s really cool, and not just because it’s fun to be “Best in Show.” After all, we’re a community-owned internet provider, so these achievements are yours as well.  Take a step back with us and remember the highlights as we celebrate together.

Top Honors

A lot of you are used to NextLight being one of the fastest internet providers in the country, and last summer, PC Magazine again put Longmont in the spotlight, ranking us as the second-fastest ISP in the nation. But PCMag also dropped off an extra Christmas present, ending the year by naming us the nation’s best gaming ISP, with the second-highest reliability score the magazine had ever recorded. Woohoo!

Fast, Faster, Fastest

Speaking of fast, our serious power users gained the opportunity to plug into new speed levels up to 10 gigs. That sounds like a lot – OK, it is a lot – but for anyone who has to make a large number of data transfers in a day, it can be a game-changer. Think about medical imagery, or professional video developers … or, yes, all those hardcore gamers that PCMag was celebrating.

Remote Achievements

Ever since 2020, more and more Longmont residents have used our fiber connections for remote work. Enough residents, in fact, that in 2022 Longmont was named one of the nation’s best work-from home cities, with NextLight cited as a major reason. “The number-one requirement for a good work-from-home location is fast, reliable Internet access,” the magazine wrote. “For us, that means fiber.”

Connecting Community

It’s not just workers that need good internet – more and more, it’s an important part of how we all live. That makes affordable internet access important, and in 2022, an episode of “Viewpoint With Dennis Quaid” focused on NextLight’s efforts to close the digital divide. That includes the free and discounted service that our income-qualified customers have been able to receive, even before federal subsidies were offered or even before the pandemic.

A Growing Success

Most of all, your support and trust in us continued to grow. More than 25,000 customers now subscribe to NextLight, and more of you keep joining the fun.

So thank you all for a dazzling year. We’re already looking forward to what’s coming next in ’23.

And whatever those headlines may be, you’ll always be the star of the show.