The Fiber Build Out in Cape Coral Expected to End in Early 2019

CenturyLink^® is finishing its fiber construction project in Florida’s Cape Coral to provide residences and businesses with speeds up to 1 Gbps. The fiber construction project of the fastest internet provider is expected to be finished in early 2019.

The gigabit internet speeds are possible by connecting fiber optic cable to businesses and residences with Fiber to the Home technology. It benefits each type of internet user, from an avid gamer to a self-employed business owner. The main leaders of Cape Coral commented on the benefits of the gigabit service of the best internet provider.

“As technology moves at a breakneck pace, Cape Coral welcomes CenturyLink’s infrastructure improvements for benefiting small businesses and homes alike,” said Terri Hall, the Interim Manager of the Economic Development Office of Cape Coral. “Considering that 60 percent of Cape Coral businesses are home-based, this technology is very timely.”

“CenturyLink’s investment gives Cape Coral a tremendous competitive advantage over other communities as it recruits new businesses,” said the Lee County Commissioner, Brian Hamman. “Fiber optic infrastructure puts us ahead of today’s standards and prepares our community for future innovations.”

“We are thrilled to see CenturyLink^® moving Cape Coral into the future. This will have a huge impact on the infrastructure in our city and create more connectivity options for our residential and business community,” said Donna Germain, the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce’s President/CEO.

“CenturyLink^® knows that life is powered by connections, so we are committed to using technology to help meet our customers’ personal and business needs,” Danny Pate, CenturyLink’s VP of Operations, said. “We’re pleased to receive such positive feedback from leaders in the Cape Coral area who understand how a city benefits from fiber-optic broadband speeds.”

Below are some key facts about the project of the fastest internet provider in Cape Coral.

• The project in the US area will allow access to fiber gigabit speeds to business and residential customers.
• The one gigabit internet service will usually let customers quickly download the below types of content in the said speeds, provided all things facilitate the same.
  • Five megabytes sized photograph in 0.04 seconds
  • Seventy megabytes music content or file in 0.56 seconds
  • A film that has a size of 700 MB in 5.6 seconds
  • A TV show that has 175 MB size in 1.4 seconds