Before she co-founded Hotwire Communications, Kristin Johnson ran restaurants. Her next business would put fiber into residential communities, attract infrastructure investors and give her a much larger guest list to look after.
In rural Wyoming, fast internet starts with an expensive stretch of dirt. Range is building for the neighbors at the end of it - and for a new fiber route from Denver to Chicago.
Hotwire sells fiber to whole communities, turning the association contract into a broadband business. Behind the speed claims sit construction crews, a 50G trial and a deal reported at roughly $7 billion.