Lumos Launches Gigabit Broadband Internet in Virginia County

Lumos Networks launched gigabit broadband service for residential and small business customers in Botetourt County, Virginia, the company said in a Friday news release. Lumos is a fiber-based provider of data, voice and IP-based services in the mid-Atlantic region. The launch is the second gigabit broadband service market for Lumos, which expects its entire ILEC fiber-to-the-premise footprint to be gigabit-enabled by the end of 2016.