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Check Out Our Service Offerings

We’ll begin to connect our first subscribers in a matter of weeks, but you can now visit our website to get a clear idea of the services CVFiber will offer and how much they will cost. Out in the field, construction is continuing to progress, and we’re looking forward to full construction and connecting our…

Countdown for Commitments

It’s countdown season for CVFiber. Time is running short for member towns to take advantage of a matching grant offer, we’re looking forward to full construction as soon as Mud Season is over, and we’re getting ever closer to providing service for our very first customers. The headlines for this update: And now, the details….

Consolidation Time

We’ve entered something of a seasonal pause in construction, so this month’s activity is devoted to the necessary stuff: Design and financial planning, ordering materials, preparing for the onset of full construction this spring, adding staff, and preparing to launch our marketing and subscription programs. What it may lack in excitement it more than makes…

March News: Hiring, Webinar, and More

CVFiber leadership held a webinar on March 1 that provided a thorough update on our progress. You can read a brief summary below; the entire presentation, including numerous illustrations, is available online at https://cvfiber.net/2023/02/webinar-update-on-progress Here’s a rundown of the news in this update. Construction Update Webinar Available We continue to move forward with construction on…

There’s Always Something New

Those words were spoken recently by CVFiber Executive Director Jennille Smith, and they are definitely true. We continue to lay strand and fiber in Calais even as we look ahead to full construction this spring and the connection of our first subscribers, most likely in late spring. At the same time, we’re riding herd on…

The Fiber Hanging Begins

CVFiber has achieved a small milestone in our path toward a 1,200-mile fiber network. In late January, we began to hang fiber! This is the second stage in a sequence; the first is hanging steel strand, which provides a stable base for the fiber. When enough strand is in place, the fiber is lashed to…

Pushing Ahead

Pushing Ahead

Thanks to relatively mild post-holiday weather, construction has continued. Action is taking place on other fronts as well, including design, make ready, permitting, and materials procurement. The goal is to maintain continuous construction throughout the 2023 season, which may allow completion of more than 400 miles of network out of a total of 1,200 miles….

We’re Off and Running

We’re Off and Running

Big news: CVFiber has begun construction on our 1,200-mile fiber network! We’ll begin offering service to our first customers this spring. 2023 is off to a good start, thanks to our recent mild weather. We’re planning to keep the work going continuously throughout the year. This is the time when all the dreams, the planning,…

Conduit Specs

Specifications for Customer-Installed or Provided Underground Conduit to Premises  BEFORE INSTALLATION OF CONDUIT, YOU MUST CONTACT WAITSFIELD CHAMPLAIN VALLEY TELECOM THROUGH CVFIBER FOR A SITE ASSESSMENT AT 802-583-4628. Waitsfield Champlain Valley Telecom (WCVT) is CVFiber’s operator for our broadband network. WCVT has developed specifications for underground connections to customers’ premises. CVFiber’s policy is to comply with…

On Your Mark… Get Set…

We are about to start construction on our 1,200-mile fiber network. Every week, sometimes every day, more clearances are received, more contracts are signed, and more and more materials fill our warehouse space. We’re also doing the work needed to turn CVFiber from a behind-the-scenes planning operation to a public-facing service provider. There’s some exciting…