CORINTH, HICKORY CREEK, & SHADY SHORES APPROVE BROADBAND CONTRACT

CORINTH, TX, August 12, 2022: The Lake Cities communities of Hickory Creek, Shady Shores and Corinth approved an agreement with Pavlov Media for the construction of a dark fiber ring. Using American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding the cities designed a multi-jurisdictional fiber optic network to improve government network infrastructure. The infrastructure will allow Pavlov Media, a private ISP to offer a middle- and last-mile network to residential services with speeds of 1 gig to every home in the Lake Cities. Construction of the dark fiber ring will begin September 1st with the first neighborhoods having service as early as January 2023. 

Establishing high-speed, accessible fiber networks has been a priority for the Lake Cities for many years. In 2020, the Lake Cities Broadband Committee was comprised of members from the communities, to ensure all citizens have sufficient broadband infrastructure and that no local citizen be left behind.

“We are pleased to be working with such a capable and promising partner,” says Ian Theodore, Chairman of the Lake Cities Broadband Committee. “The key to the success of this project was regional cooperation. Given the relatively small size of each of the communities, it is reasonable to assume that this project might never have gotten off the ground, should each city have gone it alone. By pooling resources and coordinating efforts, the cities were able to attract a larger and more capable private firm to help address problems that the residents are experiencing.”

Pavlov Media is anticipated to complete the project within three years. Construction will begin immediately on the dark fiber ring connecting the government facilities, and alongside this project, develop the infrastructure to provide the residential and business services.

Pavlov Media provides Internet, video, phone and software solutions to apartments, homes, businesses, and communities in 44 states and Canada. Pavlov Media specializes in networks designed, constructed, and operated by a team of dedicated professionals. They’ve built a powerful, robust, and reliable network. They are continuously finding new ways to achieve the mission of bringing customers Simply Exceptional Connections™ nationwide.

Visit the Lake Cities Broadband Website to learn more and stay up to date on the project.