Southeast Nebraska Communications is continuing the installation of Fiber To The Home (FTTH), at no extra cost to you. This fiber optic technology is the most advanced available and will replace yesterday's copper telephone wire.
FTTH Fast Facts:
- Did you know there will be approximately 510 miles of fiber optic cable buried for SNC's Rural FTTH project? This fiber optic cable will be buried to every home and business in SNC's rural service area.
- Did you know that SNC monitors your FTTH backup battery to make sure that the battery is operational 24 hours a day, 7 days at week, 365 days a year? We will replace the battery, if the battery fails, at no cost to our customer.
Falls City Gets Wired: Fiber Optic Nearly Complete:
(From the Lincoln Journal-Star, February 20, 2011) FALLS CITY — “Ride the light.” Southeast Nebraska Communications uses that phrase in its advertising to encourage people to take advantage of its new fiber optic network. Officially called Fiber To The Home, or FTTH, the system uses hair-thin strands of glass, arranged in bundles or cables, instead [...]
December FTTH Update:
Rulo Update:
Southeast Nebraska Communications began Phase Two of the FTTH project in Rulo . On October 24th our utility contractors, Telcom Construction and CCS from Falls City, started burying the Fiber Optic Service Line drops to the home. The service line drops are being buried within the village limits of Rulo.
A representative from our utility contractor will contact you before the service line drop is buried to your home. If you are gone at this time, a door hanger will be left with a contact phone number.
For more information on our FTTH upgrade, please feel free to call or stop by our office with any questions you may have.
Salem Update:
Southeast Nebraska Communications has completed Phase Two of the FTTH project in Salem. On October 3rd our utility contractors, Telcom Construction and CCS from Falls City, began burying the Fiber Optic Service Line drops to the home. The service line drops were buried within the village limits of Salem.
For more information on our FTTH upgrade, please feel free to call or stop by our office with any questions you may have.
Verdon Update:
Southeast Nebraska Communications began Phase Two of the FTTH project in Verdon. On September 19h our utility contractors, Telcom Construction and CCS from Falls City, buried the Fiber Optic Service Line drops to the home. The service line drops were buried within the Village limits of Verdon.
For more information on our FTTH upgrade, please feel free to call or stop by our office with any questions you may have.
Stella update:
Southeast Nebraska Communications has completed 95% of Phase Two of the FTTH project in Stella. Phase two began on August 29th with our utility contractors, Telcom Construction and CCS from Falls City, burying the Fiber Optic Service Line drops to the home. The service line drops were buried within the Village limits of Stella.
For more information on our FTTH upgrade, please feel free to call or stop by our office with any questions you may have.
Shubert update:
Southeast Nebraska Communications has completed 95% of Phase Two of the FTTH project in Shubert. Phase two began on August 15th with our utility contractors, Telcom Construction and CCS from Falls City, burying the Fiber Optic Service Line drops to the home. The service line drops were buried within the Village limits of Shubert.
Rural Updates:
RVW Inc. is completing the design phase of the rural FTTH project in Rulo, Salem, Shubert, Stella, Verdon and Rural Areas!
Representatives from our engineering firm, RVW Inc., from Columbus, Nebraska have been out and about in your communities and in the rural areas staking out the design for SNC's new FTTH network. All of RVW's vehicles will be clearly marked with their company name, and all workers will carry identification. RVW Inc, is the same engineering firm we utilized for our Falls City FTTH project, so you may have already seen them out and about in Falls City over the last year.
Site Surveys to be completed in Stella, Shubert, Barada, Salem, Rulo and surrounding service areas!
SNC is beginning the Phase One of the FTTH upgrade in SNC’s rural service area and we have begun completing a site survey of your home or business. The FTTH installation and upgrade is entirely FREE of Charge to you.
This site survey is the first step that needs to be competed to bring FTTH to your home or business. The site survey provides us the necessary information regarding the burying the fiber optic cable, the mounting of the electronic unit, and the location of the power supply at your home or business.
RVW Inc., our contract Engineer from Columbus, Nebraska in charge of the project, will contact each homeowner or business owner and will need to enter your home or business to complete the site survey.
The site surveys are being completed in the Shubert, Stella, Barada, Salem, Rulo and the surrounding service areas.
Phase Two of the rural project is to bury inner duct to the villages of Shubert, Stella, Barada, Salem and Rulo. During this phase all homes located in the villages will have the inner duct buried to the home. There will be no fiber hook ups at this time.
If you have any questions about SNC's FTTH project, please don't hesitate to contact our office at 402-245-4451.
Falls City Update:
The installation of FTTH in Falls City is 99% complete. We have cutover approximately1450 residences and business from our current copper lines to the new FTTH technology. SNC is 99% complete with the cutovers for the Falls City project. Once each cutover is compete, all residential and business telephone and internet services will be transmitted over the fiber optic cable.
Telcom Construction is 100% complete burying the fiber optic cables in Falls City. If you have a question about the completion of the fiber optic cable buried to your home, please call our office at 402-245-4451.
Pictured form left to right: Ray Joy, Beth Sickel, Shirley Kelsay and Dorothy Towle
SNC Welcomes First “Fiber To The Home” Customers
Southeast Nebraska Communications welcomes Jim and Shirley Kelsay as our first Fiber To the Home (FTTH) customers in Falls City. On Monday, May 10, SNC cutover Jim and Shirley’s service from the existing copper line to the new FTTH connection.
We are excited to begin our customer cutover from the existing copper lines to our NEW Fiber To The Home. Once each customer’s cutover is complete, each resident or business will have their own direct “non-shared” fiber connection. This direct “non-shared’ fiber connection provides every customer with their own dedicated fiber optic line for their phone and internet service. This dedicated FTTH connection will provide amazing quality, reliability, and speed for phone and internet service.
We are currently working on the cutover in the northwest area of Falls City, North of 21st Street and West of Harlan Street. Our daily timetable is to cut over approximately 10 to 15 customers per day from copper to FTTH. Our goal is to have all customers in Falls City cutover to the new FTTH by the spring of 2011.
Our utility contractors, Telcom Construction and CCS are continuing to bury the fiber optic cable and install the ONTs (Optical Network Terminal) on the outside of homes and businesses.
We are pleased to offer our customers the latest in fiber optic technology. FTTH will elevate SNC customers to a level of service that is currently only available in much larger cities, while bringing an added value to the quality of life in Falls City.
Phase One
By now, a representative from RVW, Inc., our contract engineer out of Columbus, Ne, should have talked with you about the steps needed to install a fiber optic connections from SNC's network to your property.
A survey of your property should have already been completed by RVW. This survey will act as a map for construction crews and technicians, explaining in detail, the plans concerning the installation of a fiber optic connection to your home or business at no cost. If you have not had a site survey competed, please contact our office at 245-4451 and ask for Debbie.
Phase Two
Phase Two of the FTTH project in Falls City involves burying the Fiber Optic Main Line, Fiber Optic Service Line drops to the home and business and installing the ONT (Optical Network Terminal) and power supply.
Our utility contractors, Telcom Construction and CCS from Falls City, are continuing to bury the Fiber Optic Main Line and the Fiber Optic Service Line drops that were not completed in 2009.
Fiber to the Home Installation Steps:
Step 1 - Outside the property
- The conduit is currently being buried in the alleys and to your home or business.
- Fiber is run from SNC's network to the ONT (Optical Network Terminal) which will be mounted on the outside of your home or business.
- The fiber will be neatly tied off at the ONT in preparation for STEP 2, which will take place within 10 days to two weeks.
Step 2 - Inside the Property
- An appointments with the property owner or resident will be made. The property owner or resident, age 18 or older, must be present during this time.
- A technician will enter the property and install the battery pack and connect the fiber from the ONT to the battery pack.
- Services will be cut over to the fiber network and tested to see if they are working properly. In rare cases, a second appointment may need to be scheduled to complete the cut over to fiber and to test the services.
Telcom Construction, our utility contractor, is currently installing the ONT (Optical Network Terminal) shell and power supply equipment to homes and businesses in Falls City. Both of these boxes are provided at no charge. This installation includes the splicing of the fiber optic cable to the ONT and splicing the service line drop for the home or business to the main fiber optic cable line.
Below are pictures of the materials being used during Phase Two of our FTTH Project.
1 roll of Fiber Cable
Multiple rolls of Fiber Cable
1" Innerduct used for house drops
1 1/4" - 2" Innerduct used for main line
Below are pictures of installation of fiber pedestals, boring of the Fiber Optic Service Line drops to the home and the installation of the Fiber Optic Main Line.
CCS workers installing Fiber Pedestal
Installed Fiber Pedestal.
CCS worker boring a fiber optic main line innerduct
Fiber Distribution Center
Telcom workers burying mainline and service drop innerduct.
Below are pictures of the splicing equipment used to splice the fiber optic cable
Splicing tray. Showing ribbon fiber spliced to the inside fiber optic cable.
Splicing outside plant fiber optic cable to inside fiber optic cable using a Fujikura splice machine
Side view of the Fujikura Splicing machine
Preparing the fiber optic cable to be spliced using a cleaver.
SNC will continue to update this information as we make further progress on our FTTH project.
The FTTH installation and upgrade is entirely FREE of charge to you and will enable the most advanced services available now and in the future for your home or business.
Southeast Nebraska Communications is pleased to bring Falls City this next generation technology. It's part of our commitment to provide you with the latest ways to stay connected, informed and entertained.
For more information on the FTTH project, please call 402-245-4451.
