Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service is now available for a growing number of customers in Richmond, Vermont. Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom customers in parts of the East Main Street, Snipe Ireland Road and O’Neil Road area, are in the process of being converted to 100% fiber-optic service. Fiber-optic service allows even greater speeds and increased reliability. In addition, recent equipment upgrades now allow approximately 60% of its High-Speed DSL users to upgrade their Internet speeds to 12Mbps, or about twice the previously available speed via the new “Elite” service.
“Our work on the network never really stops,” said Gregg Haskin, president and CEO. “It was only a few years ago that we became one of the first telecom companies in Vermont to make high-speed Internet service available to 100% of our customers. With FTTH, we’ll be bringing the network backbone right to people’s homes. It will take time to reach everyone, but in the long term this is the way to go for the fastest and most reliable service possible. In the meantime, we keep evolving our network to provide increased speeds, improved reliability and more services to our customers.”
Subscribers in the FTTH area will be upgraded free of charge and will maintain their current service level through the fiber-optic network. The changeover will require some scheduled work to add a new optical network terminal at each location. A direct fiber connection also includes an uninterruptible power supply that means even if electric service is interrupted, telecommunications are not affected in the short-term.
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About Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom:
Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom is a family owned, independent telephone company serving over 20,000 customers in the Mad River and central Champlain Valley regions of Vermont. The company was incorporated on November 30, 1904, and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004. Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom provides local and long distance telephone service, and high-speed Internet access through its Green Mountain Access subsidiary.
Source: WCVT. Waitsfield, VT – June 8, 2009 –