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New Fiber Optic Internet Provider is Taking Over San Angelo

By Matt Trammell, Aug 6, 2021
 

SAN ANGELO, TX – One of the top complaints for citizens in San Angelo in recent years has been with the main internet and cable TV provider, Suddenlink.  Throughout the years there has been only one major wireless internet provider in town and that has been Suddenlink.

Residents have sent complaints to local officials due to their alleged poor customer service. City officials have sent messages asking citizens to take surveys about the quality of internet service. The city has also made videos about tips on how to handle Suddenlink.

If you are tired of dealing that mess, there is now a new internet provider that can get you high speed internet. Frontier Communications announced Friday, Aug. 6, that they have already equipped more than 20,000 San Angelo addresses with high speed fiber optic internet. 

James "Bud" Hirst, AVP, Alternate Channels Sales, claims that by the end of the year they are expected to have 40,000 homes on fiber. 

Fiber-optic internet, commonly called fiber internet or simply “fiber,” is a broadband connection that can reach speeds of up to 940 Megabits per second (Mbps), with low lag time. The technology uses fiber-optic cable, which can send data as fast as about 70% the speed of light.

Currently Frontier is offering services to a large part of the city including Santa Rita, College Hills,  and Angelo Heights. Toni Bickel from Frontier explained that their service area covers from Ave. J on Bryant down to the 29th St. Walmart and the majority of US 67.

Unfortunately right now their service does not reach out to parts of the Southland area, the Bluffs, or the PaulAnn area.

To switch to Frontier visit their website here. Currently they are running giveaways with a chance to win up to a $5,000 prize.

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 "Throughout the years there has been only one major wireless internet provider in town and that has been Suddenlink."

It is my understanding that Suddenlink does not provide wireless internet service.  Please correct me if I am wrong.

When Frontier speaks of providing internet service over fiber, does the fiber connection run all the way to a demarc point at the customer's premise or to a Point Of Presence (interconnection point) that requires a copper, likely cable, run to the customer?  Fiber all the way to the customer premise is superior.  Fiber to a distribution point followed by a copper run to the customer is an improvement over a full copper run, but is a compromise.

I have had both types of service.  I much prefer fiber all the way to the house.  What is Frontier offering?

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