7/9/2023 0 Comments Pavlov mediaBack in the early 1990s, when fiber started gaining momentum due to increased broadband needs, it would cost (a very ball park figure) of around $10,000 per household to create a fiber connection. Hunt gives me a history of fiber woven together by dollar bills. It seems like the main thing preventing connection is cost. ![]() To quibble with Jessie J just a bit, it is actually all about the money (money, money). With speeds above Gigabit (1,000 Mbps), compared to the single- or double-digit speeds copper lines can facilitate, it seems everyone should, in theory, be connected to fiber. It out-performs copper by a long shot, offering gigabit and higher speeds, while the old copper lines still operate in the single- and double-digit megabits per second (Mbps) range.Īnd as I’ve mentioned, most ISPs already have fiber infrastructure or “fiber rings” with the potential to connect many clients. As we know from Good fibes part one, fiber is super-fast. It seems we are only waiting for fiber to become the status quo of Internet services, and for the rest of the nation to catch up.įiber’s certainly desirable to many people. Image courtesy of So, if fiber infrastructure is already in place, why aren’t all residential and commercial buildings connected? Fiber is rapidly garnering support in Champaign-Urbana and ISPs are increasing (right now in C-U, no less than five companies - Pavlov Media, IC2B, AT&T, Volo, and Comcast - are offering fiber services). One of their major successes? When Pavlov Media connected Green Street Towers to fiber in 2013, it made the housing complex the “fastest student complex in the country”. Indeed, the fiber ring Pavlov Media put in place in C-U has great potential as Hunt says, Pavlov Media “never really finishes adding more locations and capacity” to the ring. Hunt noted that Pavlov Media is looking to expand fiber in the flagship community. They recently finished connecting MDUs in Statesborro, Georgia as well. and has been expanding ever since.Ĭ-U is not the only place Pavlov Media has connected to fiber. ![]() ( Image courtesy of )įounded in 1992 in Champaign by Mark Scifres, an Engineering student at the University of Illinois, the company has expanded to several states in the U.S. Pavlov Media is one of the largest private providers of Internet and cable services to Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs) in the nation. In fact, when I spoke with Chris Hunt, the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Pavlov Media in Champaign, I was surprised to learn that Pavlov Media already has a large fiber optic ring encompassing C-U, and made their first residential connection to fiber about three years ago. Providers such as Pavlov Media, Comcast, Volo, and AT&T already had the fiber infrastructure in place. When UC2B put their fiber ring into the ground, they were already a little bit behind the game. In part two, Bridget investigates another ISP, Pavlov Media.
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