Billings, Montana FTTH Build
When the pandemic hit, millions of employees had to work from home. It wasn’t just the urban cores that were affected: hundreds of rural towns needed reliable, high-speed internet, too. CEC is building a fiber network that will reach almost 45,000 service addresses in and around Billings, Montana. The three-year project covers more than 500 miles, and includes mostly underground construction.
I-70 Underground Conduit
As part of a broader statewide effort known as Project Thor, CEC installed underground fiber-optic conduit between Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs, Colorado. This project provided better broadband access to residents and businesses, as well as creating a secondary option for critical infrastructures like hospitals and public safety organizations. CEC installed along cliffsides, three tunnels, and 15 miles of retaining walls.
Visionary Broadband RUS Fiber Build
Communities, big and small, depend on high-speed internet access for continued growth. The recent work-from-home shift only exacerbated this trend, especially in rural America. CEC supported Visionary Broadband in this CARES Act infrastructure project. CEC installed 300,000 ft of underground fiber-optic cable in Wyoming to bring high-speed internet and communication access to thousands of rural citizens. The project included directional drilling, plowing, and trenching for two 1.25-inch high-density polyethylene conduits, as well as 200 surface-access handholes for later maintenance.
Major Infrastructure Projects
- Blue Valley Telephone – (160 Miles)
- Bonfire Rural Utilities Service project
- Colorado DOT signage replacement
- Conterra – San Angelo, TX (35 Miles)
- Crown Castle expansion (300 miles)
- Fiber Light Beaumont, TX to Lake Charles, LA (60 miles)
- Fiber Light East Texas build (85 miles)
- I-70 Backbone (96 Miles) Grand Junction, CO to Glenwood Springs, CO
- KanOkla Telephone – Kansas (240 Miles)
- LV3 expansion
- Middle Mile Infrastructure (MMI) (129 Miles)
- Miller Telephone (160 miles)
- Sprint
- Time Warner/Comcast backhaul
- T-Mobile 5G expansion
- UPN – San Antonio ISD – (5 Miles)
- Verizon 5G expansion
- Zayo VZW (100 miles)