A Cable TV Company has been tearing up streets in the Montgomery Garden District to bury cables. And it is an enormous job.
Troy General Manager Jake Cowen tells timlennox.com the company bought rights of way access in Montgomery starting in 2013, allowing them to access major Internet outlets like the Internet Exchange Montgomery helped locate in the city.
He says they have between 50 and 60 miles of cable in Montgomery and serve some under-served areas, like Pike Road.
The company has been storing the cable and digging equipment on two plots of land off South Decatur Street and Finley Avenue.
Police have been blocking lanes of Decatur Stree/Norman Bridge during active digging.
To get the cable below ground, the contractors are cutting through the street, leaving thick round pieces behind.
The holes are filled, more or less, with asphalt. This one, and others, have left behind jaw-rattling bumps on the busy commuter street.
UPDATE: That was quick. Less than 24 hours after this post, a crew of workers were on the street evening out the very bumpy asphalt.
The company is providing services to several dozen Montgomery Public Schools and to college campuses and businesses as well.
Troy cable is not servicing residences in Montgomery, but may do so in residential areas near the cable lines they are burying. If you fill out a form on their website and use a Montgomery address, you get this:
The website MultiChannel News reports Troy Cable is preparing to offer some very high speed cable, at some very high prices:
Those fees, if people are willing to pay them, will pay for a LOT Of digging up and repairing the streets!
Troy General Manager Jake Cowen tells timlennox.com the company bought rights of way access in Montgomery starting in 2013, allowing them to access major Internet outlets like the Internet Exchange Montgomery helped locate in the city.
He says they have between 50 and 60 miles of cable in Montgomery and serve some under-served areas, like Pike Road.
Police have been blocking lanes of Decatur Stree/Norman Bridge during active digging.
To get the cable below ground, the contractors are cutting through the street, leaving thick round pieces behind.
The holes are filled, more or less, with asphalt. This one, and others, have left behind jaw-rattling bumps on the busy commuter street.
UPDATE: That was quick. Less than 24 hours after this post, a crew of workers were on the street evening out the very bumpy asphalt.
The company is providing services to several dozen Montgomery Public Schools and to college campuses and businesses as well.
Troy cable is not servicing residences in Montgomery, but may do so in residential areas near the cable lines they are burying. If you fill out a form on their website and use a Montgomery address, you get this:
"Service is not yet available in your area. However, register so we know where to build!
Although your location is outside our current construction plans, we would love to serve you in the future. Register your interest below and tell us a bit about your current services. If enough people in your area show interest, then we will gladly consider launching a campaign in your area."
The website MultiChannel News reports Troy Cable is preparing to offer some very high speed cable, at some very high prices:
"Troy Cable has tapped Adtran to power a fiber-to-the-premises network that will deliver symmetrical 1 Gbps broadband service to more than 40,000 homes in southeast Alabama.
The GPON-powered service will reach more than 20 communities, the operator said.
When bundled with other services, Troy Cable is selling its symmetrical FTTP-based broadband tiers as follows:
-50 Mbps down/50 Mbps up: $52.95/month
-200/200: $65.95/month
-500/500: $99.99/month
-1 Gbps/1 Gbps: $199.99/month"That speed is about 100x current broadband.
Those fees, if people are willing to pay them, will pay for a LOT Of digging up and repairing the streets!
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