Construction Update November 2019
3:55PM November 14, 2019
Construction Updates by Zone
Overall Update: We
have approximately 700 miles of distribution and backbone fiber constructed,
and nearly 1,600 members currently with service. In other exciting news, we have completed our
backbone to Brown County—which allows us to start scheduling in-home
installations for members in the Needmore and Bean Blossom zones soon!
What do I do about my cable TV? Great news! You don’t need cable TV when you have true
fiber-to-the-home! With fiber, the Internet
speeds are so fast, you can leverage this best in class technology to take
advantage of streaming. Streaming allows
you to use the Internet and a service such as Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Sling TV
(or a variety of others) to get the programs and channels you want without cable
TV. These services, used through your
SCI Fiber, will save you money and won’t lock you into long-term bundled
contracts. Any of our technicians
performing your installation can help you with understanding these options. It
is truly the way to go, and once you do, you’ll never look back!
Residential Phone Service: We plan to launch residential
phone service soon and will keep you updated when it becomes available for your
area.
Please see below for a status update of the zones that are currently in construction.
Drop Zone 1: Complete - but taking new orders. We have over 200 members currently in service
with a handful waiting for their in-home installations. Sporadic orders continue to come in, please
tell your neighbors about your fiber service experience if they haven’t signed
up yet!
Cope 104: Nearly complete. We have over 250 members currently in service
with approximately 50 waiting for their drop or in-home installations to be
completed. New orders continue to come
in; please tell your neighbors about your fiber service experience if they
haven’t signed up yet!
Park Ave 101: Nearly complete. We have 300 members currently in service with
approximately 60 waiting for their drop or in-home installations to be
completed. A steady number of new orders
continue to come in; please tell your neighbors about your fiber service
experience if they haven’t signed up yet!
Cope 102: Nearly complete. We have over 350 members currently in service
with approximately 70 waiting for their drop or in-home installations to be
completed. A steady number of new orders
continue to come in; please tell your neighbors about your fiber service
experience if they haven’t signed up yet!
Martinsville SE 101: Nearly complete. We have over 230 members currently in service
with approximately 80 waiting for their drop or in-home installations to be
completed. A steady number of new orders
continue to come in; please tell your neighbors about your fiber service
experience if they haven’t signed up yet!
Needmore 102, 103, 104: The construction of the
backbone system to the Needmore zones was more complicated and took longer than
expected, but it was completed this week!
This means that we can start connecting members in these zones as early
as Tuesday, 11/19. We have over 120
drops already installed to member’s homes ready to go. We will be sending out emails on Friday,
11/15 to the first round of members to schedule in-home installs. We have multiple crews working in these zones
to quickly install the remaining drops, and we hope to connect over 40 members
a week in the Needmore zones. Please
sign up as soon as you can so we can issue the next batch of emails.
Bean Blossom 101: Construction on
the distribution fiber is expected to start in December of 2019. Drops to the home are expected to start in early
2020, with members beginning to receive service shortly after that. We
expect to be completed with this zone by mid-2020.
Bean Blossom 102: Construction on the
distribution fiber is progressing well, with approximately 60% of the fiber
construction completed. Due to the size
of this zone, we are connecting it in stages.
Drops on the first stage are expected to start in the next few weeks,
with members starting to schedule in-home installs in December of 2019.
Brooklyn 102, 104, 105: The distribution fiber
in Brooklyn 102 and 104 is complete, and Brooklyn 105 is 90% completed. Drops are currently being installed in all
three zones. We are expecting that
members will be able to start scheduling in-home installs in December of 2019. Watch your email for a notice to schedule
your installation!
Paragon 101: Great
news! The distribution fiber construction
is nearing completion. We are expecting
to start drop installations in early 2020 depending on weather.
Park Ave 104: We are 70% completed with the drops
in this zone, with 200 members already in service. Additionally, a significant number of members
have their drop installed and are ready for in-home installs to be scheduled. Crews continue to work hard installing the
remaining drops with a goal of completing all current registrants by the end of
the year.
Cope 101: We are actively constructing fiber
drops to the home and performing in-home installs in this zone! Please check your email for updates and to
see if your home is ready to be connected!
Ellettsville 101, 105: Engineering is complete and
construction is expected to begin on the distribution fiber in the first half
of 2020.
Backbone: We continue to construct backbone
fiber throughout our system ahead of the distribution fiber. The backbone
is used to interconnect our substations enabling smart grid technology to
improve the safety and reliability of our electric distribution system. In
addition, it provides the fiber connectivity from our headend to your
home. Construction is currently focusing on building backbone along the
southern and northern portions of our system to create “rings.” These
rings provide redundant paths from the substations back to our headend.
This means that if one path, for some reason, gets cut, the system will
automatically redirect traffic to the backup path and prevent a service outage
to our electric distribution devices as well as your home.
ALL OTHER ZONES: Please click here for the status of your zone.