Astound Business Solutions Secures Top Honors in PC Magazine’s 2026 Business Choice Awards

Provider Sweeps Industry Metrics; Celebrated as the "Obvious Winner" for Office Environments and the Return Champion for Work-from-Home Professionals Nationwide

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Astound Business Solutions, an award-winning nationwide provider of high-capacity and secure connectivity for business customers, today announced it has secured top honors in PC Magazine’s 2026 Business Choice Awards, completely outperforming legacy telecom giants to sweep the awards. This year's top ranking extends an elite track record of PC Magazine business recognition that dates back to 2016, proving that organizations don't have to settle for the poor service and systemic buffering of traditional providers to get high-performance speeds.

In the 2026 evaluations, Astound was named the nation’s top ISP for office environments and the leading cable provider for remote workforces for the third consecutive year. PC Magazine’s annual survey serves as a benchmark for corporate connectivity, polling IT decision-makers and business employees across the U.S. and Canada. Respondents evaluated providers across critical performance categories, including connection reliability, data speeds, overall satisfaction, customer service, and technical support.

"Earning these top honors from PC Magazine for consecutive years validates our ongoing commitment to delivering world-class, dependable broadband infrastructure," said Astound CEO, Ettienne Brandt. "Today’s business landscape demands seamless agility, whether an organization is supporting a centralized headquarters or a distributed remote workforce. These awards reflect the hard work of our teams to deliver the superior speeds, competitive value, and high-touch customer support that modern enterprises and remote professionals require to thrive."

In the highly competitive office category, Astound outperformed all competing enterprise ISPs, leading the industry across every performance metric evaluated by corporate professionals. Astound emerged as the only office ISP in North America to achieve an overall satisfaction score above 8.0 from workers. Additionally, it was the only provider to score above an 8.0 in every single performance subcategory, outclassing legacy telecom giants by a half point or more. The network achieved its highest marks for workplace Ease of Use (8.8/10) and Technical Support (8.6/10).

“We've had a better experience with Astound than anyone else,” said one survey respondent. “So glad we switched. My company is able to do more than ever before.”

For home office/WFH operations, Astound retained its crown as the dominant cable-first network, consistently outperforming brands like Cox, Optimum, Spectrum, and Xfinity. Reflecting on the WFH experience, a remote professional noted in the survey: "Astound has the best speed and customer service in the area. The price they offered me was more than half that of their nearest competitor, and I couldn't be happier. Makes working from home easier than ever."

For more information about Astound Business and its award-winning suite of commercial broadband connectivity solutions, please visit https://www.astound.com/business/

About Astound Business Solutions

Astound Business Solutions provides IT leaders with high-capacity, secure connectivity for their mission-critical applications while increasing overall agility and responsiveness. A part of Astound, the award-winning national telecommunications provider offers advanced solutions delivered over a diverse, carrier-grade network that provides the speed, bandwidth, and reliability businesses need to support growing data demands. With coast-to-coast connectivity to over 75,000 business customers, Astound Business Solutions maintains a local, customer-centric approach, with dedicated industry experts on-hand around the clock to help businesses stay on top of today’s evolving IT technology and remain competitive in their markets.