Fiber Internet Comes To Downtown Galax

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There are still a few steps to go:

1. bore a hole in the exterior wall
2. install a termination box or patch panel inside
3. connect the external box to the internal box with conduit
4. fish the fiber through the conduit
5. terminate the fiber by fusing a pigtail (we have a contractor do that)
6. mount the PacketFront switch near the inside box
7. run power to the PacketFront switch
8. connect the PacketFront switch to your router
9. connect the other end of the fiber to The Wired Road switch installed in the building with the green star
10. set up a residential, business or enterprise account with LSNet

Termination costs are estimated at $300. Multiple fiber terminations in one day will reduce the per site cost. Internal networking costs will vary with complexity.

Monthly recurring costs are $30 - residential (upstairs appartments) (512kbps up/2mbps down), $50 - business (storefronts)(512kbps up/2mbps down), $200 - enterprise (symmetric 2/2mbps). Higher rates are coming.

Our marketing consultant - Miranda Holdaway - will be visting each of the downtown locations over the next two weeks.