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Utopia Fiber tells Centerville council network growth, wildfire camera pilot and bond reimbursements
Summary
Utopia Fiber executives updated the Centerville City Council on Sept. 2 on subscriber growth and take rate, a pilot wildfire-detection camera project, air-quality sensors, competition from a new fiber provider, and ongoing reimbursements tied to UIA bond payments.
Roger Timmerman, executive director of Utopia Fiber, told the Centerville City Council on Sept. 2, 2025, that the open‑access municipal fiber network serving Centerville has 2,501 residential subscribers and 177 business subscribers and that systemwide subscribers recently exceeded 77,000. He said Utopia cities host more than 250,000 connected locations and the network supports residential plans up to 10 gigabits and business connections up to 400 gigabits.
Timmerman said the city’s take rate is reported at about 48.15 percent but called that an undercount because county parcel data in the denominator includes many non‑residential or undeveloped parcels. “I think if we actually eliminated that sort of, error data, we'd probably be…
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