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Joink pitches underground fiber-to-home build to Avon, offers symmetrical gig plans
Summary
Tim McCombs of Joink told the Avon Town Council the company plans an underground fiber-to-the-home build focused on subdivisions (Sycamore Creek, Stratford, Oak Bend), offered speed tiers up to 1 Gbps symmetrical, described a local storefront and a tentative six-month build window subject to utility locates, and asked to discuss permit-fee relief in exchange for civic connections.
Tim McCombs, a representative of Joink LLC of Terre Haute, told the Avon Town Council that his company plans to build underground fiber-to-the-home service across portions of Avon and into nearby Danville.
McCombs said Joink will focus first on subdivision areas and can deliver symmetrical speeds — he listed standard packages of about 300/300 Mbps, 500/500 Mbps and 1 Gbps/1 Gbps. “All the way to the back of your router,” McCombs said, describing the company’s intention to deliver a fiber connection directly into homes rather than a neighborhood node.
Joink has begun work from a storefront on…
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