Internet Installation Update (October 17, 2023)

Coastal Communications, finished the week of October 9-13 with 6,198 feet of production and passed 61 homes. This brings the total conduit placement to date in The Landings to 181 thousand linear feet. 

Crews placed conduit on Waterway Drive, Strawberry Lane, Little Comfort Road, Tidewater Way, Camberwell Place, and Prescott Lane. Next week, crew expect to be in the areas of Dream Maker Circle, Waterway Drive, Daybreak Lane, Riverwatch Lane, Franklin Creek Road North, Activity Drive, Landings Way South, Water Witch Crossing, Heatherstone Lane, Prestbury Lane, and Old South Lane.

As a reminder, this is a 14-month project of building a fiber network to offer internet. You can visit Live Oak Fiber's website (https://liveoakfiber.com/cities/the-landings-skidaway-island/) for more information or to contact them directly. Coastal Communications has partnered with Live Oak Fiber who is the service provider for the Internet.

Some residents have asked how the fiber will be installed and what members can expect to see as the work unfolds. Below are some photos that explain the process, along with an example of a utility company marking its lines. As mentioned in previous Landings Association emails, advance crews have been marking utilities with paint and flags. This allows the subsequent boring crews to know where utilities are located when they install the conduit that will hold the new fiber. Please do not remove the flags. The crews will remove the flags when work is completed.

 

Access holes are dug approximately every 10 feet. This allows workers to guide the missile borer and helps locate items like irrigation systems that otherwise might not be marked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sod and dirt are set aside on a tarp to restore the landscaping after work is completed. In the second photo, you can see the white pipes of an irrigation system that were located and will be marked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured is the compressor to run the missile borer. A larger, directional borer will be used where appropriate on main thoroughfares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shown is the missile borer coming through the hole and being guided to the next hole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange conduit is pulled through the hole created by the missile borer. It has a tracer wire with it for later locates as needed. Then, fiber cable will be “blown” through the conduit.

 

 

 

 

 

Shown is a junction box that will be installed flush to the ground. There is basically one box between each home. When homeowners sign up, crews can pull fiber from these boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These two photos show a splicing vault, where conduit from different runs will terminate, allowing the fiber to be connected. The vault has rocks inside to allow for better drainage. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is important that all utilities are located before work begins to avoid disruptions. This photo shows Utilities, Inc. of Georgia employees using ground penetrating radar and a pole to help find and mark its water lines.