Pulse, Nextlight top leaderboard for Best Gaming ISP
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JANUARY 7, 2026
PC Mag praises providers for quality, pricing and customer satisfaction
LOVELAND, CO – Northern Colorado gamers have a power-up nobody else can match: really good local internet. Just ask PC Magazine, which recently named Pulse, serving Loveland and Timnath, and Longmont’s NextLight municipal internet services as the nation’s Best Gaming ISPs for 2026.
“Going into 2026, a couple of well-loved smaller ISPs with excellent gaming quality ratings are at the top,” PC Mag wrote. Pulse and NextLight finished one-two with nearly identical scores, separated by just nine-tenths of a point.
Both Pulse and NextLight scored especially well for connection quality, customer satisfaction and pricing. The most recent accolades for the Northern Colorado-based municipal broadband providers come on the heels of a year that found both Pulse and NextLight finishing top three in PC Mag’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 and Best ISPs in the US 2025.
“Everybody wants the fastest and most reliable internet service available, especially gamers” said Brieana Reed-Harmel, Division Manager for Pulse. “We are happy to deliver award-winning internet service that not only meets the needs of gamers but also the needs of our Loveland and Timnath residents who rely on Pulse for school, work, streaming and much more.”
Loveland and Timnath gamers looking for a high-speed home internet connection can find out more about Pulse at PulseFiber.org.
About Pulse Fiber Internet:
Pulse delivers multi-gigabit internet, whole-home managed WiFi, streaming TV, and voice services to Loveland, Colorado, and surrounding areas. Established in 2018 with a mission to make high-speed internet available to every home and business in Loveland, Pulse has built the fastest, most reliable fiber network available locally. As a community-owned utility focused on service and technology, Pulse has quickly become an award-winning offering with a Net Promoter Score 17 times higher than the national average and any other provider in northern Colorado. Visit PulseFiber.org to learn more.
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