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Frontier briefed Indio council on fiber build, troubleshooting and local rollout plans
Summary
Frontier Communications told the City of Indio Council that it is expanding fiber-to-the-home service in the city, outlined construction phases and responded to questions about recent outages affecting 911 service and customer counts.
Doug McAllister, vice president of external affairs for Frontier Communications, updated the City of Indio Council on the company’s ongoing build of fiber-to-the-home service in Indio and the region.
McAllister said Frontier is pursuing a multi‑phase expansion and that the company plans to bring service to roughly 400 additional residential addresses in Indio this year, while ongoing work will continue in future years depending on corporate plans. He described a 100% fiber connection as ‘‘no copper involved’’ from the wire center to the home, offering higher capacities and lower congestion than DSL or hybrid systems.
The presentation emphasized construction quality and…
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