Underline vs Hey Telo

About

Underline Infrastructure is a New York City-based open-access fiber-optic network operator — backed by Ares Management (Infrastructure Opportunities strategy, first digital infrastructure investment from its $4.3 billion fund), FinTech Collective, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, and Emerson Collective — building intelligent fiber-to-the-home networks in partnership with municipalities across the United States as the nation's first intelligent community infrastructure platform. Founded around 2019 by Bob Thompson, Underline designs, finances, constructs, and operates fiber networks that serve as neutral public infrastructure available to multiple competing internet service providers. The company's Phase I deployment in Colorado Springs features a 225-mile fiber network connecting 24,000 homes and 4,000 businesses, with Phase II expansion underway to Fountain, Colorado and Salinas, California. Underline employs 88 people and provides speeds up to 10 Gbps for residential customers and 100 Gbps for enterprise customers.