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Fiber switch-over begins

Switch-over is underway for Sundance residents from the old copper internet connections to the improved speed of fiber through Range Communications. Two weeks of cutovers are now complete, says Network Operations Manager Ben Calvert.

“We’re on our way through. We’ve got a contractor reaching out and scheduling with residential customers,” he says.

Of the 430 total customers who need to be cut over to fiber, around 50 are now enjoying the new high-speed connection, with more soon to follow.

“We’re hoping [to finish] before the end of the year, but things are going pretty well and...