Cascade Networks

What Cascade Networks does

Cascade Networks, operating commercially as Astound Broadband, is a private regional telecommunications carrier headquartered in Longview, Washington, and a subsidiary of Radiate Hold Co., LLC. It delivers residential and business internet, telephone, and TV services across eight communities in Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon — Castle Rock, Cathlamet, Clatskanie, Kalama, Kelso, Longview, Rainier, and Woodland. The operating name was rebranded from Cascade Networks to Astound Broadband to align with the parent's brand identity.

The company's core technology is a hybrid fiber optic and wireless network with 24-hour network monitoring, redundant VoIP infrastructure across multiple cities, and symmetrical gigabit-capable service tiers. The residential product suite includes fiber internet (100 Mbps to 940 Mbps), unlimited-data plans with no contracts, eero-powered mesh WiFi, eero Secure+ security, VoIP home phone, an HDTV option, and an Astound Cloud Phone app. The business product suite adds business fiber up to 1 Gig, wireless tiers for Cowlitz County, Hosted Voice (data-center PBX), Onsite PBX, SIP trunking, and Aastra IP handsets.

Revenue mechanics are subscription-recurring across internet, voice, WiFi, and equipment rentals, with one-time installation and activation fees. Pricing is competitive versus large corporate providers, emphasizing no data caps, symmetrical speeds, and bundled discounts. Distribution is direct-to-consumer and sales-led for businesses via phone (360-414-5990), website service requests, site surveys, and the Longview office, with no third-party resellers in the current model.

Name

Cascade Networks

Legal name

Astound Broadband Inc.

Website

https://cni.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cascade Networks (operating as Astound Broadband) is a private regional telecom carrier based in Longview, Washington, delivering fiber and wireless internet, VoIP phone, and TV services to residential and small business customers across eight communities in Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Longview

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Residential Internet Services: Monthly subscription for fiber optic and wireless internet services with tiered pricing based on speed. No data caps. Equipment rental included in some plans.
2. Business Internet Services: Monthly subscription for business-class fiber optic and wireless internet with symmetrical speeds up to 1 Gig. Sold with bundle discounts when combined with telephone service.
3. Residential VoIP Phone Service: Monthly subscription for home phone service including unlimited local and domestic long-distance calling. International calling to Canada included. Additional features via calling feature codes.
4. Business VoIP/PBX Solutions: Multiple VoIP product tiers including hosted voice (data center-based PBX), onsite PBX installation, and SIP trunk services for business customers.
5. WiFi Security Add-ons: Monthly subscription for eero Secure+ security features including antivirus, ad blocking, VPN, password manager, and network monitoring.
6. Whole Home WiFi Equipment: Monthly rental for eero mesh WiFi hardware (base unit and beacons). Modem service required separately.
7. Equipment Rental: Monthly rental fees for modems, routers, and VoIP hardware. Router rental at $14/month.
8. Installation and Activation Fees: One-time fees for new service installation and account activation. Installation fees typically appear on first bill following technician visit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cascade Networks delivers fiber optic and wireless broadband internet, VoIP telephone services, and HDTV to residential and business customers in rural and semirural communities across Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon. The product suite includes symmetrical-speed fiber internet with no data caps, business wireless internet tiers, Hosted Voice/Onsite PBX/SIP Trunk business telephone solutions, mesh WiFi (eero), and home network security subscriptions (eero Secure+).

Product overview

Cascade Networks (operating as Astound Broadband) is a regional telecommunications provider offering a bundled portfolio of internet, phone, and TV services. The core product portfolio includes residential and business fiber optic internet (with plans up to 1 Gigabit), business wireless internet, VoIP-based home and business telephone services, and HDTV. The offering is organized as a unified service suite where internet connectivity serves as the foundation, with VoIP phone service and television as add-on modules. Residential internet customers can add Enhanced Whole Home WiFi (powered by eero mesh technology) and eero Secure+ security subscription. Business customers have access to Hosted Voice, Onsite PBX, and SIP Trunk solutions with Aastra IP phone hardware. The company operates on a fiber optic network backbone serving communities in Washington and Oregon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• eero Secure+: Home WiFi security subscription service offering threat scanning, ad blocking, VPN protection, password management, and antivirus protection for home networks.
• Enhanced Whole Home WiFi
• Hosted Voice

Products and services

• Astound Residential Fiber Optic Internet High-speed symmetrical fiber optic internet for residential customers with equal upload and download speeds, unlimited data, no data caps, and no contracts. Plans available up to 940 Mbps (Gigabit), with tiered pricing (e.g., 100 Mbps at $25/mo for 24 months, 500 Mbps at $45/mo, Gigabit at $65/mo).
• Astound Business Fiber Optic Internet Business Class Internet (BCI) delivering symmetrical high-capacity fiber connectivity with speeds up to 1 Gigabit for business applications, including cloud storage and hosted services. Available in parts of Cathlamet, Clatskanie, Kalama, Kelso, Longview, and Woodland.
• Astound Business Wireless Internet High-speed wireless internet service for businesses throughout most of Cowlitz County, with tiered plans including Business Wireless Platinum (up to 7 Mbps at $39/mo), Ultra (up to 10 Mbps at $45/mo), and Premier (up to 20 Mbps at $55/mo). Availability confirmed via site survey.
• Astound Home Phone Service VoIP-based home telephone service with unlimited local and domestic long-distance calling to all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, plus international calling to Canada. Regularly $32.95/month with a 12-month promotional discount and $14/month router rental option.
• Business Telephone VoIP Services Telephone service delivered over a dedicated fiber optic network for businesses, with bundle pricing available across multiple lines. Includes the Hosted Voice (hosted PBX in Astound's data centers), Onsite PBX, and SIP Trunk options with Aastra IP handsets.
• Hosted Voice (Hosted PBX) Fully hosted PBX phone solution using Astound's high availability data centers to run business phone systems, with regular configuration backups and phones connected via Astound's dedicated fiber optic network. Includes SIP trunk option.
• Onsite PBX On-site PBX installation solution that requires VoIP handsets and eliminates dependence on previous telephone service providers for business customers.
• SIP Trunk Phone lines delivered over Astound's dedicated fiber optic Voice Network rather than traditional landlines. Available as software only or with hardware, as part of the business telephone suite.
• HDTV Home Television Service HD television service available to residential customers in certain Cascade Networks service areas as part of its bundled communications offering.
• Enhanced Whole Home WiFi (eero mesh) Mesh WiFi system powered by eero using multiple access points and TrueMesh technology to deliver fast, reliable wireless coverage throughout the entire home. $9.95/month includes 1 eero Pro base and 1 eero Beacon; additional beacons available at $5.00/month each. Modem service required separately.
• eero Secure+ Advanced home WiFi security subscription offering threat scanning, ad blocking, VPN protection via encrypt.me, password management, antivirus for Mac and Windows, family-safe browsing, and device/network monitoring. Requires the Enhanced Whole Home WiFi subscription.
• 2-Way Systems Two-way communication systems for business and residential customers needing radio or wireless communication capabilities over Cascade Networks' network.

Quantifiable outcome

• No data caps on fiber internet plans
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• eero (Amazon)coreTechnology or Integrationeero provides mesh WiFi hardware and technology for Astound's Enhanced Whole Home WiFi service. Astound bundles eero hardware (base unit and beacons) as part of monthly subscription service. eero Secure+ security features offered as add-on subscription.
• AastraminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAstound is a certified Aastra handset re-seller. Aastra is a leader in Voice over IP handsets, providing full-featured, standards-compliant IP phones for use with Astound's VoIP services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Starlink (SpaceX): LEO satellite broadband offering rapidly improving speeds and falling hardware costs, increasingly competing with rural fiber ISPs like Cascade Networks in unserved and underserved Pacific Northwest geographies.
• Viasat: Satellite broadband provider competing for the same rural/semirural customers as Cascade Networks' wireless and fiber tiers where terrestrial infrastructure is constrained.
• HughesNet: Geostationary satellite broadband provider serving rural households — an alternative in Cascade's exact rural footprint where fiber and wireless buildouts are economically impractical.

Direct peers

• Frontier Communications: Major rural/regional fiber operator aggressively expanding FTTH across underserved U.S. markets — adjacent competitive threat in the Pacific Northwest rural broadband category.
• Ziply Fiber: Regional fiber ISP focused on the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana) — the most direct geographic and product competitor to Cascade Networks' fiber-to-the-home business in rural/semirural markets.
• TDS Telecom: Regional ILEC/CLEC operating fiber and broadband networks in smaller communities across the U.S., comparable to Cascade Networks in scale, rural footprint, and bundled telecom offerings (internet, voice, TV).
• Consolidated Communications: Regional fiber and broadband operator across rural and mid-sized U.S. markets, offering voice, internet, and TV bundles similar to Cascade Networks' product set.

Broad incumbents

• Comcast Xfinity: National cable MSO and fiber overbuilder that Cascade Networks explicitly positions itself against, with overlapping TV, internet, and voice bundles at much larger scale.
• Charter Communications (Spectrum): National cable broadband operator and a regularly cited alternative in the Pacific Northwest for residential internet, video, and voice bundles similar to Cascade's.
• Lumen Technologies (Quantum Fiber): Large incumbent telecom with CenturyLink/Quantum Fiber brand actively deploying symmetrical fiber to homes and businesses across the Pacific Northwest, posing an encroachment threat in markets neighboring Cascade.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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