Columbus Telephone Co., a customer-owned and operated utility in southeastern Kansas, this month will begin construction on a new fiber-to-the-premises network to reach its nearly 3400 subscribers. The network is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of this year.
Based on technology from Wave7 Optics, the network build is aimed to draw new business to the area by offering customers access speeds from 256kbps up to 500mbps symmetrical service. Monte R. Lee and Co. of Oklahoma City managed the request for proposals for this project and is managing the construction phase. Utility Contracting Co. of Jefferson City, Mo., is the selected contractor for this FTTP project.
"'Help America Discover Columbus' is the community slogan - and we look forward to working with Columbus Telephone and their construction partners to make it a reality," says Tom Tighe, CEO of Wave7 Optics. "With hundreds of communities across the U.S. 'going optical,' FTTP is gaining momentum across the U.S. and it will have a dramatic impact on broadband policy and services."
