Texas Company Announces Plans to Build Broadband Network in Albuquerque

A 3-year construction plan for the building of a new fiber network in metro Albuquerque has been announced by a telecommunications company based in Lubbock, Texas.

Vexus Fiber says it will spend upwards of $250 million to build a network designed to reach the entirety of the Duke City.

The construction effort is expected to take around 3 years to fully complete, with some aspects of the network supporting service sometime next year.

“We’re going to be building a faster network that is able to deliver increased speeds over traditional providers,” James Gleason, chief executive officer of the Vexus Fiber, said in an interview with the Albuquerque Journal.

The new fiber optic cable is expected to mostly be built and installed in parts of the city that already have a combination of power and phone lines.

In a statement, the company said that it expects to begin construction of the Albuquerque network early next year, targeting a completion date of 2024.

Vexus Fiber, already operating in 25 cities, has additionally applied for a franchise license agreement for the construction of a fiber optic broadband network in Santa Fe.

If the company’s proposal for New Mexico’s state capital city win approval, work there could launch by next spring with a completion date of no later than early 2025.

By Garry Boulard

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