FirstLight

About Us

Headquartered in Albany, NY, FirstLight is a fiber-based company with network and people all throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. We provide service to enterprise and carrier customers in six states using our high-capacity, low-latency fiber optic network, data centers and full suite of managed security, cloud and IT services.

Our more than 24,000-route-mile fiber network currently connects nearly 10,000 locations in service with an additional 30,000 serviceable locations.

We pride ourselves on providing reliable, dedicated connectivity, along with a suite of comprehensive services to bring your organization's IT strategy to life. We are a Cisco Premier Partner and have a deep bench of Cisco experts on staff to help design, implement and support our Cisco-based Managed Services, SD-WAN, hardware solutions and more.

FirstLight has 14 data centers throughout the Northeast that are compliant with an array of certifications, including HIPAA, SOC II, SSAE 18 and PCI. We also offer an extensive suite of cloud services, including cloud computing and managed cloud and data center solutions.

FirstLight’s clientele includes national cellular providers and wireline carriers and many leading enterprises, spanning high tech manufacturing and research, hospitals and healthcare, banking and financial, secondary education, colleges and universities, and local and state governments.