A US$ 27.1M contract for the construction of a 10 Gbps-capable FTTP network in Pershing, Nevada, has been awarded. The contract was awarded to Uprise Fiber, a three-year-old contractor with operations in Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and California.
The project will entail the construction, renovation, and acquisition of facilities and network equipment, according to a news statement. It will concentrate on Lovelock and its neighboring districts where data speeds are currently on average 6.7 Mbps.
The construction of the 10 Gbps-capable FTTP network in Pershing will reportedly be completed within a span of five years. It will offer fiber internet to every home, business, and government building in the most populated area of Pershing County.
Funding for the project and the expected cost of connection to the FTTP network in Pershing
The project for the construction of the 10 Gbps-capable FTTP network in Pershing is funded through the USDA’s ReConnect initiative. Uprise is also contributing US$ 9M towards its realization.
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Upon completion, for a symmetrical 200 Mbps, residents will be connected to the FTTP network at a cost of US$ 30 per month. An asymmetrical 1 Gbps connection will cost US$ 50 per month. There won’t be any data limits or bandwidth restrictions.
“Extensive fiber deployments in rural places like Lovelock are frequently too expensive for private Internet Providers to build. They need the financial support of initiatives like ReConnect and the IIJA.
Our goal is to maximize the impact this investment will have on this community. We aim to bring together community stakeholders in an alliance that will produce as many benefits as possible. This valuable support will be used to deliver world-class fiber service to Pershing County,” noted Sam Sanders, the CEO of Uprise Fiber.
Sanders hopes that this project will serve as an illustration of what a transformative private-public partnership may entail.
