Town Crier Articles

The installation of a fiberoptics system would require some digging throughout our community, but the majority of the underground work is performed with augers.  This reduces the installation's impact on the community and its environment. When the installation is complete the ground is returned to its original state.  There would be flush-to-the-ground boxes scattered throughout the network to provide maintenance access to the fiber optics cable.

 

 

Glo Fiber is the nation’s 5th largest Internet service provider and offers very competitive pricing to its customers with no long-term contracts. They offer 600 Mb per second Internet for $70 per month, 1.2 gigabits per second Internet for $85 a month, 2.4 gigabits per second Internet for $140 per month, and 5 gigabits per second Internet for $290 per month.  This pricing is significantly lower than that currently offered by Cox Communications. Unlike Cox, they do not offer short-term promotional pricing that reverts to higher costs later.  Cox Communication's pricing structure has also been reproduced in communities where Glo Fiber has been installed to remain competitive.  If Glo Fiber is installed in New Town everyone should benefit from lower prices even if they retain their current Cox Communications services.  But, the question remains: “Will the disruption in our community be worth the future cost savings?”  The Board plans to survey the community on this issue in the near future.