The Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) says it has officially launched the construction of a major new residential fiber expansion project that should dramatically improve affordable fiber access across major swaths of Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana.

According to an announcement by the co-op, mainline construction of the extended network technically started last April in the Haviland and Latty substation area, and extended during the month of June to the Roselm substation area.

The first fiber customer is expected to be connected to the new residential fiber service starting this fall. The full project is expected to be completed by 2028, when the cooperative says it will determine whether it’s going to extend into non-member territories.

Founded in 1935, PPEC currently serves roughly 13,000 electrical customers across Ohio and Indiana. The cooperative says it’s partnering with counties and villages throughout Ohio and Indiana to identify areas of need and “ensure that expansion efforts align with local priorities.”

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The cooperative Board of Trustees unanimously voted to provide fiber internet as a new service offered by the co-op in July of 2024. The co-op says it has budgeted around $4 million in 2025 for system reliability upgrades (including 20 miles of old copper line rebuilds) and fiber installation efforts.

The Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) says it has officially launched the construction of a major new residential fiber expansion project that should dramatically improve affordable fiber access across major swaths of Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana.

According to an announcement by the co-op, mainline construction of the extended network technically started last April in the Haviland and Latty substation area, and extended during the month of June to the Roselm substation area.

The first fiber customer is expected to be connected to the new residential fiber service starting this fall. The full project is expected to be completed by 2028, when the cooperative says it will determine whether it’s going to extend into non-member territories.

Founded in 1935, PPEC currently serves roughly 13,000 electrical customers across Ohio and Indiana. The cooperative says it’s partnering with counties and villages throughout Ohio and Indiana to identify areas of need and “ensure that expansion efforts align with local priorities.”

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The cooperative Board of Trustees unanimously voted to provide fiber internet as a new service offered by the co-op in July of 2024. The co-op says it has budgeted around $4 million in 2025 for system reliability upgrades (including 20 miles of old copper line rebuilds) and fiber installation efforts.

The Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) says it has officially launched the construction of a major new residential fiber expansion project that should dramatically improve affordable fiber access across major swaths of Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana.

According to an announcement by the co-op, mainline construction of the extended network technically started last April in the Haviland and Latty substation area, and extended during the month of June to the Roselm substation area.

The first fiber customer is expected to be connected to the new residential fiber service starting this fall. The full project is expected to be completed by 2028, when the cooperative says it will determine whether it’s going to extend into non-member territories.

Founded in 1935, PPEC currently serves roughly 13,000 electrical customers across Ohio and Indiana. The cooperative says it’s partnering with counties and villages throughout Ohio and Indiana to identify areas of need and “ensure that expansion efforts align with local priorities.”

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The cooperative Board of Trustees unanimously voted to provide fiber internet as a new service offered by the co-op in July of 2024. The co-op says it has budgeted around $4 million in 2025 for system reliability upgrades (including 20 miles of old copper line rebuilds) and fiber installation efforts.

The Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) says it has officially launched the construction of a major new residential fiber expansion project that should dramatically improve affordable fiber access across major swaths of Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana.

According to an announcement by the co-op, mainline construction of the extended network technically started last April in the Haviland and Latty substation area, and extended during the month of June to the Roselm substation area.

The first fiber customer is expected to be connected to the new residential fiber service starting this fall. The full project is expected to be completed by 2028, when the cooperative says it will determine whether it’s going to extend into non-member territories.

Founded in 1935, PPEC currently serves roughly 13,000 electrical customers across Ohio and Indiana. The cooperative says it’s partnering with counties and villages throughout Ohio and Indiana to identify areas of need and “ensure that expansion efforts align with local priorities.”

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The cooperative Board of Trustees unanimously voted to provide fiber internet as a new service offered by the co-op in July of 2024. The co-op says it has budgeted around $4 million in 2025 for system reliability upgrades (including 20 miles of old copper line rebuilds) and fiber installation efforts.

Hudson, Ohio officials are now accepting bids on a promising new fiber-to-the-home network that should dramatically improve affordable, next-generation broadband access in the city of 23,000.

It’s just the latest effort by a city that has been exploring the option of municipal broadband infrastructure for more than a decade.

Just 15 miles north of Akron, the city has spent the better part of the last three years preparing to forge a new public-private-partnership (PPP) to expand access.

The city already owns and operates its own broadband network (Velocity Broadband, launched in 2015), but it exclusively serves the city’s businesses with gigabit-capable fiber.

The city’s new partnership would leverage that existing business network and core fiber assets to finally bring fiber optic connectivity to the city’s residents.

“The proposed work includes the installation of new fiber optic infrastructure, including approximately 11,750 lineal feet of 1.5-inch underground HDPE fiber conduit via horizontal directional drilling, 7,900 lineal feet of new aerial fiber, the placement of underground fiber vaults and handholes, and the subsequent fiber optic cable installation and testing,” the city’s proposal states.

Hudson, Ohio officials are now accepting bids on a promising new fiber-to-the-home network that should dramatically improve affordable, next-generation broadband access in the city of 23,000.

It’s just the latest effort by a city that has been exploring the option of municipal broadband infrastructure for more than a decade.

Just 15 miles north of Akron, the city has spent the better part of the last three years preparing to forge a new public-private-partnership (PPP) to expand access.

The city already owns and operates its own broadband network (Velocity Broadband, launched in 2015), but it exclusively serves the city’s businesses with gigabit-capable fiber.

The city’s new partnership would leverage that existing business network and core fiber assets to finally bring fiber optic connectivity to the city’s residents.

“The proposed work includes the installation of new fiber optic infrastructure, including approximately 11,750 lineal feet of 1.5-inch underground HDPE fiber conduit via horizontal directional drilling, 7,900 lineal feet of new aerial fiber, the placement of underground fiber vaults and handholes, and the subsequent fiber optic cable installation and testing,” the city’s proposal states.

Hudson, Ohio officials are now accepting bids on a promising new fiber-to-the-home network that should dramatically improve affordable, next-generation broadband access in the city of 23,000.

It’s just the latest effort by a city that has been exploring the option of municipal broadband infrastructure for more than a decade.

Just 15 miles north of Akron, the city has spent the better part of the last three years preparing to forge a new public-private-partnership (PPP) to expand access.

The city already owns and operates its own broadband network (Velocity Broadband, launched in 2015), but it exclusively serves the city’s businesses with gigabit-capable fiber.

The city’s new partnership would leverage that existing business network and core fiber assets to finally bring fiber optic connectivity to the city’s residents.

“The proposed work includes the installation of new fiber optic infrastructure, including approximately 11,750 lineal feet of 1.5-inch underground HDPE fiber conduit via horizontal directional drilling, 7,900 lineal feet of new aerial fiber, the placement of underground fiber vaults and handholes, and the subsequent fiber optic cable installation and testing,” the city’s proposal states.

Hudson, Ohio officials are now accepting bids on a promising new fiber-to-the-home network that should dramatically improve affordable, next-generation broadband access in the city of 23,000.

It’s just the latest effort by a city that has been exploring the option of municipal broadband infrastructure for more than a decade.

Just 15 miles north of Akron, the city has spent the better part of the last three years preparing to forge a new public-private-partnership (PPP) to expand access.

The city already owns and operates its own broadband network (Velocity Broadband, launched in 2015), but it exclusively serves the city’s businesses with gigabit-capable fiber.

The city’s new partnership would leverage that existing business network and core fiber assets to finally bring fiber optic connectivity to the city’s residents.

“The proposed work includes the installation of new fiber optic infrastructure, including approximately 11,750 lineal feet of 1.5-inch underground HDPE fiber conduit via horizontal directional drilling, 7,900 lineal feet of new aerial fiber, the placement of underground fiber vaults and handholes, and the subsequent fiber optic cable installation and testing,” the city’s proposal states.

Hudson, Ohio officials are now accepting bids on a promising new fiber-to-the-home network that should dramatically improve affordable, next-generation broadband access in the city of 23,000.

It’s just the latest effort by a city that has been exploring the option of municipal broadband infrastructure for more than a decade.

Just 15 miles north of Akron, the city has spent the better part of the last three years preparing to forge a new public-private-partnership (PPP) to expand access.

The city already owns and operates its own broadband network (Velocity Broadband, launched in 2015), but it exclusively serves the city’s businesses with gigabit-capable fiber.

The city’s new partnership would leverage that existing business network and core fiber assets to finally bring fiber optic connectivity to the city’s residents.

“The proposed work includes the installation of new fiber optic infrastructure, including approximately 11,750 lineal feet of 1.5-inch underground HDPE fiber conduit via horizontal directional drilling, 7,900 lineal feet of new aerial fiber, the placement of underground fiber vaults and handholes, and the subsequent fiber optic cable installation and testing,” the city’s proposal states.

Hudson, Ohio officials are now accepting bids on a promising new fiber-to-the-home network that should dramatically improve affordable, next-generation broadband access in the city of 23,000.

It’s just the latest effort by a city that has been exploring the option of municipal broadband infrastructure for more than a decade.

Just 15 miles north of Akron, the city has spent the better part of the last three years preparing to forge a new public-private-partnership (PPP) to expand access.

The city already owns and operates its own broadband network (Velocity Broadband, launched in 2015), but it exclusively serves the city’s businesses with gigabit-capable fiber.

The city’s new partnership would leverage that existing business network and core fiber assets to finally bring fiber optic connectivity to the city’s residents.

“The proposed work includes the installation of new fiber optic infrastructure, including approximately 11,750 lineal feet of 1.5-inch underground HDPE fiber conduit via horizontal directional drilling, 7,900 lineal feet of new aerial fiber, the placement of underground fiber vaults and handholes, and the subsequent fiber optic cable installation and testing,” the city’s proposal states.