Fremont Last Mile Broadband (PWC9118)

The City of Fremont is constructing a fiber network to connect unserved households and anchor institutions with high-speed, affordable broadband. This project will establish 120,323 linear feet of new fiber optic cable across the City and interconnect with sections of the Statewide Middle Mile Backbone Network (MMBN) while simultaneously providing last-mile connection within the most critically unserved communities and neighborhoods. The project will bring scalable broadband speeds to 516 unserved locations as determined by CPUC standards. This project contains 80,574 feet of underground fiber, 20,407 feet of aerial fiber, and 19,342 feet of new fiber installed in existing conduit. Underground routes will be laid within existing rights of way while all aerial routes will be attached to pre-existing utility poles. These routes will ensure redundancy and future capacity, and will include new and existing conduit within previously disturbed rights-of-way with a 288-strand fiber cable.