Powell Completes FTTH Build5,500 person town gets their own fiber service...
08:44AM Wednesday Sep 16 2009 by Karl Bodetags: Fiber · competition · business · alternatives · municipal · consumersTipped by koolkid1563 
Back in 2006, the 5,500-resident town of Powell, Wyoming decided to spend $4.9 million on a private-public (no taxpayer risk) fiber network. According to the project
pricing sheet, the outfit is offering a 10Mbps/5Mbps tier for $42.45 standalone, $39.95 when bundled with voice or TV, or $35.95 when bundled with both VoIP and TV service. According to the Powell Tribune, network construction, contracting and cleanup is
now complete, while the paper also notes the network has
attracted companies and jobs:
Representatives from the Denver-based company Alpine Access are meeting in Powell today (Tuesday) to discuss new jobs. Business leaders expect to bring about 100 jobs to Wyoming, and they are in town to recruit Powell employees who can work from home. The citywide fiber-optic network “absolutely” drove the decision to meet here, said Jodi Guerin, a businesswoman and mayor of Laramie who accompanied the company to Powell for today’s meetings.
Local cable company Bresnan has
advertising locally that they've been offering "fiber" since 2003. According to the
Associated Press, Powell is now mandating that all developers building subdivisions in Powell must also install fiber-optic lines along with traditional infrastructure, such as sewers.
Good For Them
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