Fiber Construction Project

Construction of the city-wide network is ongoing. We expect to complete the project in Summer 2026. The project plan is designed to roll out in phases as the network is built, neighborhood by neighborhood – or Fiberhood by Fiberhood.

Completed

• Underground Passings: Downtown, Centennial Park, Historic, Triangle, Rosa Park, Holland High, and Industrial South Fiberhoods
• Aerial Passings: Downtown, Centennial Park, Historic, Triangle, and Rosa Parks, Holland High Fiberhoods

In Progress

• Drop Construction: Historic, Centennial, Triangle, Rosa Park, Downtown, and Holland High Fiberhoods
• Service activation: Historic, Centennial, Triangle, Rosa Park, Downtown, and Holland High Fiberhoods
• Passing Construction: Westside, Maplewood North, Maplewood South, and Industrial South Fiberhoods
• Downtown: Equipment upgrades

The passings network consists of the fiber lines that go past every home, making fiber connectivity available to everyone in the City of Holland. Some of the fiber will be underground and some will be overhead.

Just as a water main goes past every home to provide access to water, a fiber optic passings go past every home to provide access to data. As the passings network is built, neighborhood by neighborhood – fiberhood by fiberhood – service will roll out as it becomes available.

In order for a home to receive internet service, it has to connect to the passings network. That connection is called the drop.

Buidling the drop is the first step in the installation process. Drop installation will happen after you sign up for service by completing the Fiber Build Authorization Form.

Drops usually follow the electric utility lines. So, if your electric connection is overhead, then your fiber drop probably too. Also, if your electric connectionn is underground, then your fiber drop will probably also be underground.

Fiber passing - goes past the home.

Fiber drop - goes to the home.