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Some Smaller ISPs Feeling Pressure to Bundle

National wireless carriers and cable operators are leaning into convergence

Jake Neenan

Aug 14, 2026 — 2 min read

Photo of, from left, Gary Bolton, CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association; Alberto Garcia, government affairs manager at GFiber; Matt Larsen, CEO of Vistabeam; Roger Timmerman, executive director of UTOPIA Fiber; and Dennis Pappas, director of fiber at NextLight Internet

DENVER, Aug. 14, 2026 – Nationwide broadband providers are leaning into plans that bundle fixed and mobile broadband, which makes subscribers less likely to switch.

Some smaller ISPs are now feeling pressure to provide similar offers, they said at Mountain Connect here this week.

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