Hexatronic supports fiber deployment in rural US
Grizzly Broadband is an internet service provider with a mission to bring fiber to every home in the Bitterroot Valley. They recognize the challenge of deploying fiber in rural areas, where it is hard to pencil out the projects. Thanks to cost-efficient technology from Hexatronic, Grizzly Broadband can now connect the valley's homes at full speed.
Challenges
- Vast areas to cover with few homes spread apart by great distance.
- Fiber builds are expensive and it does not pencil out in rural areas.
- Stress about lead times and material availability.
- Frozen ground during a part of the year limiting the build-out.
- Local permitting agencies want to limit handholes and surface infrastructure.
Approach
- The grant funding allows higher priority to the less populated areas.
- Proactively executing a long-term contract with Hexatronic to provide material for the 3-year project.
- Using an economical, efficient, and user-friendly solution to deliver fiber.
- Choosing a technology that allows for installing ducts before having to install fiber.
- Minimal handholes design.
Result
- Bringing fiber out to every home in the Bitterroot Valley. To the benefit of the community and its inhabitants.
- The possibility to serve the homes in Ravalli County faster.
- Peace of mind with a long-term contract with Hexatronic for the supply of material to the entire project.
- An aesthetic fiber deployment with minimal surface infrastructure.
Ultimately for us, our partnership with Hexatronic means that we are able to fulfill our mission of fiber to everyone in Ravalli county.
Joe Smith,
Executive Director,
Grizzly Broadband, USA
