Darien council approves Easy Fiber license, hears company pitch on 100% fiber buildout

The Darien City Council voted to approve a master license agreement with Easy Fiber Texas LLC that authorizes the company to use city rights‑of‑way to install and operate fiber telecommunications infrastructure. The agreement was included as Item K on the consent agenda and passed with a unanimous consent vote.

The council also heard a 35‑minute presentation from Alan Roth, Easy Fiber's director of government affairs, in which he described the company's 100% fiber‑to‑the‑home network and construction approach. Roth said Easy Fiber's service plans start at 2 gigabits per second and go up to 8 gigabits, and that the company offers no contracts, no data caps and equipment and installation included in the advertised price. "What you see is what you get," Roth said, and he emphasized the company's local construction teams and commitments to resident communications and restoration after work.

Roth outlined how Easy Fiber divides a municipality into small deployment polygons of roughly 200–300 homes; each polygon will typically require 30 days of construction, he said. The company plans to stagger work so crews build in areas not already served by competitors and will coordinate on known build locations. In response to aldermen questions, Roth said the company expects to place potentially up to two street cabinets in Darien (final siting subject to engineering and city GIS data) and to activate service for residents within 60–90 days after construction in a segment, subject to permitting timelines with DuPage County.

City staff and Easy Fiber stressed communication plans for homeowners: multiple postcards and notices, a construction hotline and promised responsiveness to resident complaints during construction. Aldermen asked about interactions with Metronet and Lumos; Roth said Easy Fiber intends to prioritize areas not yet served and later offer service in other neighborhoods, while coordinating around existing infrastructure.

The master license agreement was listed on the consent agenda and adopted as read. The council did not set a completion date for the overall build; Easy Fiber said total build time depends on the number of design/construction crews and county permitting timeframes.

What happens next: the license agreement is approved and the company will proceed with engineering and permit submittals; DuPage County permitting was identified as the primary external timing constraint.