On Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6:30 p.m. the City of Farmington will hold a community meeting in its council chambers at City Hall so residents can learn about the Farmington Area FiberCity® project. This fiberoptic infrastructure will bring a fast and reliable all-fiber internet network to every home, business, and institution in both Farmington and Farmington Hills. 

“The project will require some disruption in residents’ yards,” explained City Manager David Murphy, “so I wanted to host a town hall meeting to explain the process to our residents.  SiFi Networks began installation of the lines in Farmington Hills last spring; it’s now time for them to move into parts of Farmington.”

According to SiFi Networks, the over $70 million privately-funded project will provide internet access to all of the Farmington area’s nearly 50,000 households, businesses and institutions with speeds up to 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second) enabled—eliminating buffering and internet slowdowns—among the fastest residential internet speeds available in the United States.

Notably, the Farmington Area FiberCity® project will be an Open Access network, which is a proven successful model in other regions of the U.S. and across Europe. Open Access allows fiber infrastructure to be shared by multiple service providers, whether that be internet, wireless or other services, thereby delivering the fastest speeds at the most competitive prices to the consumer. Like all SiFi Networks fiber builds in the U.S., the Farmington Area FiberCity® project will be constructed at no cost or risk to taxpayers.

Marcus Bowman, Community Relations Manager, SiFi Networks commented: “The cities of Farmington and Farmington Hills demonstrate the power of two communities coming together to champion a vital infrastructure project that directly benefits all their residents with crucially needed modern-day connectivity. SiFi Networks is delighted to make the long-term investment in the Farmington area because we see how fiber networks transform communities into hubs of innovation, remote work, better healthcare, and smart city services. With FiberCity®, Farmington Hills and Farmington will truly become 21st century cities.” 

 

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About SiFi Networks: Founded in 2013, SiFi Networks privately funds, builds and operates citywide, open-access, Smart City enabled fiber networks across the USA. SiFi is currently working alongside its delivery partners with more than 40 cities across the nation, covering over 1.5 million homes and businesses and has over 100 cities interested in becoming a FiberCity®. SiFi’s open-access business model allows multiple Internet Service Providers to deliver various services and offerings on its network. For further information, please visit www.sifinetworks.com.