New Tower Brings High-Speed Internet to Cassville PA and Surrounding Communities

[Cassville, PA] — [Updated September 2026] — Upward Broadband, a high-speed internet service provider dedicated to connecting rural Pennsylvania, provides high speed internet services to Cassville and surrounding cities through the completion of a new communications tower. This new tower significantly advances our mission to be the best broadband internet provider in the area for unserved and underserved communities.

Internet Service in Cassville, PA

If you live around Cassville, you’ve probably had this conversation before. You give a provider your address and they tell you they don’t serve it, or they offer you something that technically counts as internet but can’t reliably handle a video call.

The new tower changes that for a lot of addresses in Todd Township and the Trough Creek Valley. Upward Broadband now delivers fixed wireless internet here at speeds up to 500 Mbps, using next-generation equipment designed to handle the trees and rolling terrain that used to make rural service unreliable.

Every plan includes unlimited data. No caps, no soft caps, and no throttling after you hit a certain usage threshold. We don’t intentionally slow your connection during busy evening hours, either. There are no contracts. Home plans start at $39.95 a month and business plans at $89.95. Our pricing is built to be predictable, too: In seven years, we have raised a fee just once, by $2.

Installation and support come from a local team. When something goes wrong, you call 717.869.0968 and reach a real person in Pennsylvania.

Communities Served by the Cassville Tower

The new tower expands coverage to more than 1,000 homes and businesses across the Cassville area, including:

• Cassville
• Calvin
• Marklesburg
• James Creek
• Broad Top
• Todd Township and the Trough Creek Valley
• Surrounding Huntingdon County communities

Coverage depends on your specific address. Distance and line of sight to the tower both determine availability, so some addresses inside the general area may not be reachable yet, while some just outside it might be. Check your address online or give us a call to find out what’s available at your address.

Internet Options in the Cassville Area

For most rural homes, internet options fall into five categories:

1. Fixed wireless: A radio link between your home and a nearby tower. No trenching, no phone line, and no satellite in orbit, making it practical to serve addresses the big providers skip. This is also why a new tower can bring real speeds to a place like Cassville without miles of new cable. That’s the technology behind our service. See why fixed wireless could be the best option for you.
2. Satellite: Available essentially everywhere, which is why so many people here end up using it. HughesNet and Viasat limit high-speed data on many plans, with speeds reduced after you reach the plan’s allowance. Starlink has no cap but does deprioritize during busy hours, and may require an up-front equipment purchase. Traditional satellite services also come with higher latency, which is especially noticeable on video calls and while gaming.
3. DSL: Still available at many addresses in the area, with advertised speeds that can reach around 100 Mbps but are often well below that. If the line to your house is old or long, the number on the brochure may not be the number you get.
4. Cable: Genuinely good where it reaches. It doesn’t reach much of the Trough Creek Valley though, and scattered rural addresses give large providers little incentive to run miles of new cable to reach them.
5. Cellular home internet: Works when you have a strong signal but degrades when the tower is congested. Rural coverage is inconsistent from one address to the next, which is the whole problem cellular home internet was supposed to solve.

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The new site immediately expands coverage to more than 1,000 homes and businesses, offering speeds up to 500 Mbps providing the capacity needed for remote work, virtual learning, telehealth appointments, and modern streaming demands. The new tower is expected to bring fast, reliable internet service to many residents and businesses in Huntingdon, Calvin, Marklesburg, James Creek, Broad Top, Cassville, and surrounding communities, helping bridge the digital divide in the region.

“While we’ve offered service around this area for approximately 5 years, we are thrilled to significantly expand coverage in this area and provide higher speeds using NextGen Fixed Wireless Technology. It is another meaningful step toward closing the digital divide in rural Pennsylvania,” said Tim Beiler, CEO of Upward Broadband. “Families and local businesses deserve dependable, high-speed connectivity, and we’re committed to making that a reality.”

The deployment leverages Tarana G2’s, Next-Generation Fixed Wireless technology, a major innovation in broadband delivery. Known for its ability to deliver high performance in challenging environments, Tarana’s platform cuts through common rural obstructions such as trees, rolling terrain, and some buildings allowing for wider coverage with stronger more consistent service.

This tower is the fourth of 18 new sites being constructed from the ground up with support from NTIA, Huntingdon County, Fulton County, and Alleghenies Broadband, Inc. Each build brings us closer to delivering fast, dependable internet to more households and businesses throughout the community.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating this milestone will be held at 11:30 am on Thursday, December 11, at the Trough Creek Volunteer Fire Company in Cassville. Upward Broadband is a family-owned, locally operated internet provider that has served the region with reliable wireless connectivity for nearly six years. The company is committed to keeping households, farms, and businesses connected through dependable internet and friendly, responsible customer support. With a focus on serving neighbors wherever they live, Upward Broadband proudly delivers “internet without the hassle.”