For years, most Alexandria residents have had one alternative for high-speed Web service: Comcast.
For at the very least a few of these residents, a brand new choice is arriving quickly.
An organization referred to as Tucows is bringing its Ting Web service to Alexandria within the coming months. The corporate will be capable of present service to “tens of 1000’s” of areas within the metropolis, in accordance with a report by Fierce Telecom. “The deployment will tee it as much as problem incumbent cable supplier Comcast in addition to Verizon Fios, which is within the technique of upgrading its copper traces within the space to fiber,” the web site reported.
Ting Web is a member of the Reasonably priced Connectivity Program and pledges to work with native reasonably priced housing teams to subsidize fiber web for low-income residents.
The corporate began constructing fiber networks in 2015 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Tucows, its father or mother firm, has been constructing fiber networks since 2015 with is at present servicing 14 Ting Cities throughout the USA. Charlottesville was its first service space, adopted by cities in California, Maryland, North Carolina, Idaho and Colorado. Tucows began in Toronto, Canada, and its U.S. headquarters is in Pennsylvania. It additionally offers area providers and telecom software program.
Residents can join extra details about Ting Web at web.ting.com/launch/alexandria.
Final yr, metropolis officers broke floor on a new municipal fiber-optic communications community to extend Web pace and reliability to metropolis services.
“Along with enhancing connectivity amongst Metropolis services and websites, the Municipal Fiber venture will create potential partnership alternatives to broaden client alternative and improve obtainable speeds for broadband providers obtainable in Alexandria,” metropolis officers defined final yr. “With the development of the brand new fiber optic community, the Metropolis is planning to hunt new companions who may lease extra conduit area to offer broadband service to residents and companies. This might permit all suppliers to compete pretty and would encourage suppliers to supply client providers.”