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Council approves license and right‑of‑way agreement with Wired Fiber to expand fiber service
Summary
The council approved a license/right‑of‑way agreement with Wired Fiber (Wired Connection LLC). Company representatives described a phased backbone and last‑mile rollout expected to take about a year, microtrenching methods and plans for local staffing.
The Town of Sahuarita council voted to approve a license and right‑of‑way agreement with Wired Connection LLC (doing business as Wired Fiber), authorizing the company to build fiber infrastructure and expand service through the town’s right of way.
Jason Tamura, representing Wired, described the company as a regional fiber provider expanding from Nogales to Marana and said his team is working with other carriers and contractors to build a town backbone first, then bring service into neighborhoods. Tamura said Wired uses microtrenching and other low‑invasive methods to place fiber and that, after backbone work, customer installs will be performed when residents request service. “Once they do the order, we'll pull the service right to their house, put it where they want it,” he said.
Tamura discussed timing and service tiers: Wired staff estimated the rollout could take about a year because the backbone must be built first, though some work could proceed sooner depending on trunk capacity. He said pricing and exact packages for the Sahuarita market were still being developed but that Wired plans to offer symmetrical speeds up to 8 gigabits per second in deployments here (higher than the company’s Phoenix‑area tiers). Tamura also said Wired is hiring locally to support deployment and operations.
Council members asked about construction sequencing, microtrenching impacts, coordination with town capital projects and how Wired would avoid trenching recently surfaced or newly paved streets. Tamura said the company will coordinate with town staff on sequencing and infrastructure projects and will use trenching methods designed to minimize disruptions.
The council motion to approve the license and right‑of‑way agreement passed unanimously.
Ending: Town staff and Wired representatives said they would coordinate on construction schedules and community outreach; council members encouraged the company to promote local hiring and community presence.
