Zipfly Fiber upgrades copper infrastructure to fiber optic network across Washington, Oregon

(UI) – Ziply Fiber announced plans to upgrade its existing copper infrastructure to ultrahigh-speed, 100 percent fiber optic networks in four markets across Washington and Oregon, with construction getting underway in Q1 2023. The first two markets, Banks, Oregon and Riddle, Oregon, already have their first sets of addresses live and ready for service.

With the addition of these markets, Ziply Fiber has announced new fiber construction projects in more than 90 cities and towns across the Northwest since it began its extensive fiber expansion efforts in the summer of 2020.

When upgrade work is complete across the four cities, thousands of homes and businesses will have access to Ziply Fiber’s new fiber-optic network. With multi-gig services available, these projects will not only make Ziply Fiber the fastest internet provider in each area, but also make all four locations among the fastest in the nation for internet speeds, on par with, if not faster than, most major metropolitan areas.

Fiber construction is already complete to hundreds of addresses in Banks and Riddle, with a few hundred more to be built in the coming weeks in each town.

“For far too long, people and businesses in these communities have been without access to the kind of fast, reliable internet larger metro markets have enjoyed for years,” said Harold Zeitz, CEO of Ziply Fiber. “We’re proud of the work we’re doing in these towns and can’t wait for people to see the transformative impact fiber can bring to their communities.”

The network construction will take several months to complete and will include the installation of network equipment that will house the infrastructure needed to run and manage the network in each area. The company expects to connect its first sets of customers to its ultra-fast fiber network in some markets later this Spring.

This upgrade work is part of Ziply Fiber’s commitment to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to build an advanced, 100-percent fiber network to both suburban and rural communities across the Northwest that have been underserved when it comes to internet access. The company has been actively building fiber across the Northwest since June 2020 and has plans to build and deploy new fiber-optic cables, local hubs, new offices, and new hardware to run the network as part of hundreds of additional projects across its 250,000-square-mile footprint.

 

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