On the third day ‘til Christmas, my NextLight gave to me …  

 

Pardon the musical interlude. But for NextLight customers, there’s been a lot to sing about this year and more than a few blessings to count.  

 

So with the holidays coming close and 2025 almost at an end, here’s a few numbers to unwrap:  

 

• 83 percent of our NextLight customers have speeds of one gigabit or faster, letting all of you rock the internet while playing Fortnite, holding a seven-state video conference for work, or downloading every Hallmark Christmas movie ever. That’s especially impressive since …   
• 67 percent of Longmont currently gets NextLight’s fiber goodness. That’s a lot of homes and businesses, including some folks who normally wouldn’t be able to afford internet, like the …  

• 1,034 Internet Assistance Program customers that we celebrated in April, one year after launching that locally funded discount as a helping hand. We see a lot of those folks at the … 

• 20 different community events we sponsored, including the awesome Day of the Dead festivities that celebrated their 25th anniversary this year. Those enthusiastic crowds are also a big part of the …  

• 20  awards that NextLight has won in its history, including five new ones this year! Awesome customer support helped gain NextLight a number of Reader’s Choice honors such as the best municipal provider and the best internet provider for home offices, along with an overall Best ISP ranking of no. 3 in the nation. That’s a lot for a provider that’s just …  

• 11 years old this year, thanks to …  

• 13,316 long-ago voters, who gave us permission to build out from Longmont’s …  

• 17–mile-long core fiber loop  and create a …  

• 742-mile (and counting) network that’s still …  

• No. 1 in the hearts of Longmont. 

 

All that we’re missing is a partridge in a pear tree. But there’s always 2026. We’ll see you in the new year, with still more NextLight goodness to share.  

 

Count on it.