Howardwick

High-speed fiber broadband internet will be available for most residents of Clarendon and Howardwick this fall, according to Kinetic by Windstream.

Responding to information requests from the Enterprise, Gerry Harrington with Kinetic’s Public Relations confirmed Monday the company will be rolling out the new service starting in Clarendon in August.

“Kinetic is indeed laying optical fiber to provide residential high-speed fiber broadband in Clarendon,” Harrington said.

Kinetic told the Enterprise it is laying more than 200,000 feet of optical fiber in Clarendon and Howardwick to make approximately 1,700 households eligible for high-speed fiber broadband.

Kinetic trucks and employees have been seen around Clarendon for a few weeks stringing the optical cable on existing Windstream telephone poles. Howardwick officials also say they have been seeing activity there by the communications company.

The first area that will be eligible to receive the fiber service will be most of the southwest portion of Clarendon, south of the railroad and west of Sully Street. Kinetic expects to equip more than 600 households in that area by the end of August.

Another 600 households should have fiber available by the end of September in the southeast portion of the city, south of the railroad and east of Sully Street.

By the end of October, Kinetic expects to be able to provide fiber broadband to 500 households in Howardwick on the east side of Carroll Creek.

Internal Kinetic maps provided to the Enterprise do not show fiber availability planned at this time for north of the railroad in Clarendon or west of Carroll Creek in Howardwick. The company said this week there are no plans to expand the fiber service into beyond the initial 1,700 households at this time.

Customers will be eligible to get Kinetic fiber broadband as soon as their homes are equipped for it. They can sign up at windstream.com/fiber-form.

When completed, nearly three-quarters of Clarendon and Howardwick households will be eligible for Kinetic’s fiber broadband.

Kinetic rolled out its fiber internet service in Hedley in November of 2022. According to the company website, Hedley residential customers can get 500 megabit service for $39.99 a month, 1.0 gigabit service for $69.99 a month, and 2.0 gigabit service for $169.99.