Chanute city commissioners heard cost estimates at Monday evening’s meeting to provide fiber optic bandwidth to two neighborhoods that have requested it.

James Lightfoot, president of the Oklahoma City engineering company ACRS, presented information on designs to deploy the fiber optic cable.

One of the neighborhoods is east of Plummer Avenue between 7th and 14th streets with a potential of 373 homes, and the other is east of the golf course with a potential of 124 homes. Representatives of each neighborhood have asked the commission to be connected.

A full citywide build would involve 17 such service areas. Lightfoot said one area would require underground cable for much of the service, and would cost $319,729 to build 10.17 miles.

But he said the city could install the main line for $204,000, then add home connections as needed.

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