Crews work to install fiber-optic cable, allowing high-speed internet access for rural communities
Crews with Firefly Fiber Broadband worked to install hundreds of feet of fiber-optic cable in rural Amherst and Nelson counties Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020.
According to Central Virginia Electric Cooperative communications and member services manager Melissa Gay, the work being done in the areas of Toytown Road in Amherst County and Old Rose Mill Road in Nelson County will allow high-speed internet access for roughly 310 homes and businesses on the electric cooperative's system.
The fiber for the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act-funded project is slated to go live by the end of the year, which is the deadline to spend the federal aid money.
Crews work to hang fiber-optic cable in Amherst on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The cable will allow rural residents to have high-speed access to the internet.
Crews work to hang fiber-optic cable in Amherst on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The cable will allow rural residents in Amherst and Nelson counties to have high-speed access to the internet.
A fiber-optic cable is pulled through a hole drilled underground in Amherst on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The cable will allow rural residents to have high-speed access to the internet.
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