Up to 10 Gbps Enabled Open Access Fiber Network Passing Every Home and Business \u2013 The Fastest Available in the U.S.<\/p>\n
(Placentia, CA\u2014August 17, 2023<\/strong>) At a community celebration last night, Mayor Ward Smith<\/strong>, District 5, Mayor<\/strong> Pro Tem Jeremy Yamaguchi<\/strong>, District 3 of the City of Placentia and Marcus Bowman<\/strong>, community relations manager at SiFi Networks, jointly announced the launch of the first live neighborhood in Placentia FiberCity\u00ae. This revolutionary infrastructure project aims to make a fast, affordable, and reliable all-fiber internet network available to every home, business, and institution in Placentia.<\/p>\n The circa $35 million project is privately funded and will provide access to all of Placentia\u2019s circa 20,000 homes, businesses, and institutions with speeds up to 10 Gbps, among the fastest residential speeds available in the United States. Notably, the Placentia FiberCity\u00ae project is an Open Access network, a successful model in other regions of Western United States and across Europe. Open Access allows fiber infrastructure to be shared by multiple service providers, whether that be internet or other services, thereby delivering the fastest speeds at the most competitive prices to the consumer. Like all SiFi Networks\u2019 fiber builds in the U.S., the Placentia FiberCity\u00ae project will be constructed with no cost to taxpayers.<\/p>\n