Unwire Broadband says fiber-to-the-home work under way in Wasco, commits to monthly council updates

Unwire Broadband told the Wasco City Council on June 17 that it has started underground construction for a fiber-to-the-home network in Wasco and expects to begin service in parts of the city within months.

John Majors, vice president of operations for Unwire Broadband, said the full project will encompass roughly 410,000 feet of underground construction and that crews have completed about 4,200 feet so far, “a little over 1% of the project.” He said early work focused on utility locates and potholing to avoid striking existing underground infrastructure.

Majors said the company has nearly finished work at its central office "which is essentially the hub for the entire network" near the water tower and will provide redundant backhaul connections there. He said the rollout is organized into distribution areas, with the first areas on the south side of town expected to go live next month, followed by central, north and west areas.

Council members asked about schedule and reporting. Majors said the target completion is “tentatively February 2026” (he also referenced January/February 2026) and said that underground unknowns can affect timing. He offered to appear regularly at council meetings; council members requested monthly updates. Majors said Unwire would provide monthly council updates and maintain a public progress map on the company website that shows distribution-area start dates and tentative completion windows.

Majors described customer outreach plans: door hangers before construction in an area with a QR code linking to construction information, yellow signs with start and end dates when work begins, on-site supervisors to handle citizen concerns and a social-media feed tied to the project website. He named a fiber supervisor, Johnny Tonoco, as a field contact for residents.

Council members thanked the company and several said they look forward to connecting when service becomes available.