What To Expect Northern Lights Fiber is excited to bring you fiber optic internet, with speeds up to 10,000 Mbps (10 Gigabit symmetrical service!). To future proof your community, these types of speeds and reliability is an absolutely necessity. But it would not be possible with the infrastructure that exists today. To prepare your community for the future, we will be required to build an entirely new fiber-optic infrastructure. If you want to sign up for service now, check out our world-class products and services HERE! Utility Locates Before we hit the ground running (and digging) we need to find out where it’s safe to do so. We rely on calling in utility locates to map out critical infrastructure and make sure we don’t strike anything that could disrupt, harm, or injure the community or our construction crews. You will see small flags along alley-ways, roadsides, and even through your yard if you request our service! This is to map out what to avoid, so we know where it’s safe to dig in our lightning fast fiber optic infrastructure. This process can take some time depending on the backlog of the government locate crew, but as soon as they’re performed you can expect to see us within the next few weeks to build and connect our network. Main-Line The first part of our construction is called “middle-mile” or “main-line” construction. You will see large equipment of ours, including “hydrovacs”, directional drills, dump trucks, front end loaders, skid steers, and even vibratory plows. Our design in Beaverlodge dictates that we will be digging in public easement, and most of our design, in the area, will be in back lanes. There are some places that this is not possible. There may be a few places where our design determines that we will use front lot easement. This means we will have to dig along the curb of your front yard. The Drop Having fiber infrastructure will future proof your home for generations to come. And while cities already have this infrastructure, it is very rare for rural communities in Canada. If you sign up for services during this process, we will also need to burry new infrastructure to your house. We call this “the drop.” We will also install a small box on the side of your house. What About My Property? This is a big private investment to futureproof the Town of Beaverlodge, and it requires heavy duty construction. We will try to be as respectful as possible to everyone’s property and we will restore all landscaping to the best of our ability, properly backfilling, and replanting grass. We have invested in specialized machinery to get this job done fast and as discreet as possible, especially when we leave public easement to get to your house. If you have any questions about our proposed route, please call us at 1-888-CFO-2947 (ext 1) or email at info@CanadianFiberOptics.ca All services such as electric, water, and other utilities are professionally located to prevent damage. If you are aware of any private underground utilities (like underground sprinklers), please let us know at onecall@CanadianFiberOptics.ca How Long Will it Take? Build a world class fiber infrastructure can take some time! Main-line construction in Beaverlodge will continue through the spring and summer of 2023. That said, we should only be on each street for about a week at a time. Burying the drop to each house will only take about half a day. Our timeline to have the ENTIRE town constructed with our fiber internet infrastructure is by the end of summer this year! What if I Have Questions? Please call us at 1-888-CFO-2947 (ext 1) or email us at info@CanadianFiberOptics.ca. How do I future proof my house and get internet that is 100% fiber? Visit our Products and Pricing page or Sign-Up page! Or give us a call at 1-888-CFO-2947 (ext 2 , for Sales)