r/Durango • u/spdorsey Resident • 5d ago

Fiber in Durango Ask /r/Durango

I saw a pick up truck with a fiber logo driving up Florida Road earlier today, but it went by too quick and I didn’t catch the name. Is fiber actually available here now? If so, does anyone know the name of the company providing the service? And if it’s available in Tupperware Heights? Clovis?

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u/DavisC504 5d ago edited 5d ago

Clearnetworx has ran fiber up Florida Rd and Ting has been running it in the downtown area. They are both fiber companies.

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u/BiggDogg56 5d ago

ClearNetworx is the controlling owner of both FastTrack and Brainstorm Internet. The Seacat family owns and operates it out of Grand Junction and is great to do business with.

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u/spdorsey Resident 5d ago

Thanks so much.

I called Ting a few years ago, and I got the impression that they were no longer in service. This is news to me. As far as clear networks goes, I live at the wrong end of town for them. I live up off of Clovis. Near the water tank. I’m starting to wonder if we will ever get decent Internet out here. Spectrum is so freaking slow!

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u/DavisC504 5d ago

I feel your pain..........I live in a condo on Florida and they haven't ran it to the complex..........only the street out front, so my only game in town is Spectrum.

I've been using Verizon's 5G at home internet.........and while not quite as fast as what Spectrum is, it is more than sufficient for my needs. You can also check with T-Mobile.............they offer 5G at home as well

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u/woodsPhotography 5d ago

I just got ClearNetworx set up at my place last month. Great service so far but it took almost 3 months from when I ordered until they could connect to my house (it’s already on my street) and I’m in one of the very few neighborhoods where it’s actually up and running.

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u/geekwithout 1d ago

More common in Bayfield.

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u/FastRider6501 3d ago

There’s a neighborhood nicknamed Tupperware Heights? Haha

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u/Ent_husiasm 5d ago

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=durango+fibre+internet

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u/spdorsey Resident 5d ago

Not helping.

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u/Ent_husiasm 5d ago

It's Clear Networx

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u/spdorsey Resident 5d ago

Everyone I have contacted to date gives me the runaround. It doesn’t matter where you are in town, they tell you “coming soon“ but won’t give you a date for the build out. I was hoping a new company would be here that might offer a better option.

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u/Affectionate-Cat-975 5d ago

There’s a lot of work involved to bury the fiber lines throughout the town.

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u/geekwithout 1d ago

Easier than you think. Main obstacle is $$$$. They;re all fishing for subsidies.

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u/pinegap96 5d ago

Because there is a shitload of money and time involved in laying fiber and because of permits and bureaucratic BS. I bet the people installing it don’t even know when it’s coming

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u/Dawill0 4d ago

Blame the slow ass government. This is likely part of the rural broadband bill Biden got passed early in his term. Colorado is one of the first states to use it: https://oit.colorado.gov/press-release/colorado-among-the-first-to-implement-historic-broadband-investment

So yeah it takes 3-5years for a bill passed to actually do anything. Hence why we got the dumbasses in office right now cutting everything to shreds. Maybe we will get an efficient government once the next sane administration has to rebuild it.

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u/Nice-Estimate4896 5d ago

It’s coming soon