Huntsville Utilities

Development Name: Huntsville Utilities

Client Since: 2013

Assignment

Huntsville engaged The Broadband Group to conduct a Feasibility Study & Implementation Plan related to telecommunications and grid modernization infrastructure. The Broadband Group defined requirements related to expanding the scale of existing infrastructure, supporting a fully integrated fiber broadband network, and serving public facilities. In addition to infrastructure and process review, The Broadband Group conducted citywide Market Research, inclusive of an Institutional Market Study and Take Rate Regression Analysis throughout HU’s serving footprint. TBG Network Services (TBGNS) was tasked with managing the construction oversight and quality assurance monitoring of the 1,000-mile network. The Huntsville Network will pass 108,000 residential units in the Huntsville market - a landmark achievement. In 4Q 2020, Huntsville Utilities completed a full build-out of the Huntsville Utilities’ Fiber Transport Network, with Google Fiber serving as the network’s Anchor Tenant under the “Utility Lease Model” structure developed by The Broadband Group.

Achievements

In February 2016, Huntsville Utilities (HU), announced the launch of Huntsville Utilities’ Fiber Transport Network, a historic partnership to accelerate the deployment of ultra-high speed Internet service throughout the service territory of the utility. Google Fiber also announced they will be the network’s Anchor Tenant, leasing fiber access from HU and providing Gigabit services within Huntsville.

In March 2017, under the direct construction management of TBGNS, Huntsville Utilities turned over the first 4,000 residential home passings for Google Fiber. This represented the first customer contact point leading to an eventual fiber network serving all 108,000 residential passings in the Huntsville market – a landmark achievement.