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Board authorizes interim multi‑carrier route after repeated TV signal outages
Summary
After recurring outages tied to the district's fiber route, staff reported Windstream as the affected carrier and the board authorized staff to establish a temporary blended multi‑carrier connection with automatic failover while pursuing longer‑term fiber redundancy with NSHE/Inchi and an MOU with Eureka County.
Staff told the board the district has seen multiple interruptions to Reno‑sourced channels in recent months and that current routing explanations did not fully account for the outages; Windstream was later identified as the carrier with damaged fiber strands.
Ken said the district had previously paid $5,000–$6,000 per month for direct fiber but is currently paying under $1,000/month and that outages have become frequent. He proposed establishing a blended, multi‑carrier circuit with automatic failover to restore a high‑availability route while staff pursues a permanent alternate path.
Ken asked the board to allow staff to utilize the chairman’s emergency purchase authority to stand up a temporary redundant route that could cost between $1,200 and $2,000 per month for the district’s share. The chair confirmed that the request fell within the existing $10,000 emergency authorization, allowing staff to proceed immediately and agendize a formal contract for the next board meeting.
Ken also described parallel work to pursue an Inchi/NSHE fiber path and to negotiate an MOU with Eureka County to share recurring costs (historical drafts suggested a roughly 70/30 split in cost allocations), and he said staff will return with a draft MOU and firm vendor pricing for board approval.
