Haymarket Square has been added to our list
If you live in Haymarket Square and would like to have faster, better Internet, fill out our survey (see the link on our home page) and let us know--we just added your neighborhood.
.
If you live in Haymarket Square and would like to have faster, better Internet, fill out our survey (see the link on our home page) and let us know--we just added your neighborhood.
We are completing the final equipment configuration on the network in our first two Blacksburg area neighborhoods today, and expect to start connecting customers with super-fast Internet in the next couple of days.
What comes next?
We will be using data from our survey (have you filled it out to let us know you want Gig fiber?) to identify where to build next.
The picture below shows the first fiber to the home cabinet in the New River Valley.
One of the most common questions we get is, "Why do I want fiber?"
We've created a one page handout that may help answer that question. You can download it by clicking on the PDF icon.
Here is some of the reasons you want fiber:
Click here to download a handout explaining the strengths of fiber.
http://www.wideopenblacksburg.net/sites/default/files/Blacksburg_why_fiber_v3.pdf
Fiber adds resale value to your home. A $3500 investment in fiber can increase your property value by more than $6,000--a 180% return on your investment! Fiber is the best home improvement you can make, as it is the only type of improvement that adds more value than what you spent. Typical upgrades like a remodeled master bath, granite countertops, or a new deck will add less that you spent. Attached is a screen shot from a Render Associates nationwide study on fiber, and here is the link to the presentation with all the data.
The Roanoke Times wrote a nice article about us on Sunday. You can find it here.