When we started developing plans for our fiber network, there were a lot of options when choosing how to design it. In the end we chose to go with a GPON style network in order to provide the best service and reliability for the largest number of customers. What exactly is a GPON network though?

GPON stands for Gigabit Passive Optical Network. The key benefit of this style of network is the way it provides customers with service.  By utilizing passive splitters in the fiber distribution network, GPON networks become a point-to-multipoint access mechanism. Sounds high-tech, but what does that mean for you, the customer?

Construction in Phase 2 continues east of Millersburg, MO and installations are going smoothly. A whopping 141,000 ft of fiber is now in the ground in Phase 2 and growing. 

Cabinets have been ordered for the northeast section of the Phase 2 area, which will connect light signals to a fiber hut near Fulton, MO. Fiber Internet and phone services will then be delivered via these light signals sent from a laser down fiber-optic glass lines the size of a human hair. 

If you live in Millersburg or Fulton, MO within our fiber network, you may have seen your neighbors displaying one of our snappy little yard signs.

Our customers are helping us get the word out about construction going on in the area as we build our fiber-to-the-home network in rural Boone & Callaway counties.

Construction in the Fulton, MO area is underway. Our construction crews will be working in a counter clockwise direction from north Fulton out through the West of Fulton area in Phase 2 of construction.

We are currently installing customers along Highway F, and will be running Fiber lines to the surrounding areas in the coming months.

We received good news this week!

Our construction plans were approved for the third phase of construction in our fiber network. This means we plan to begin construction near the Fulton, MO area starting on September 10. Once the infrastructure is built and the initial fiber lines are run, we will begin delivering drop locations and scheduling installations for new customers.

Good news! Fiber installations are back in full swing!

If you live anywhere in the first construction phase or off of Highway F in the West of Fulton phase and have not called to schedule an installation, now is the time to do it!

To view our Service Area map, visit our Fiber Page.