Comments on: Escambia County Chooses EREC To Bring 2 Gigabit Fiber Internet To North Escambia

By: Lady

Lady — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:14:24 +0000

Would love to have this in northern Santa Rosa county….especially Berrydale. Our AT&T internet is terrible

By: JustSaying

JustSaying — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:09:45 +0000

@Resident
If you live in Byrneville on EREC lines, you will have the option to get the service.
From the article, all of EREC customers will have the option in ESCAMBIA county.

By: Pepper

Pepper — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 04:09:19 +0000

Is Santa Rosa planning anything like this for their EREC service area that still only has satellite internet available?

By: CHEWY

CHEWY — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 01:53:17 +0000

@ Lori- living where you do- don’t you get an option to have Cox? Rural customers only have Frontier as an option and they are about as popular as FPL is for power. I’m sure they will expand quickly because my house didn’t make the cut either.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:03:54 +0000

Since EREC already runs the power lines all the way to the transformers, suspect they’ll run the fiber on the same poles and the customer will have to pay for the distance between the transformer and the house. I predict by this time next year, if the installation goes as planned, Frontier will cease to exist in the northend of the county.

By: Resident

Resident — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 23:44:30 +0000

Just wondering if the outline communities like byrneville where I live will get this??

By: Oversight

Oversight — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:47:50 +0000

“Commissioner Mike Kohler voting no after saying that he did not have time to read and become familiar with program documentation.” I said it before, Kohler will be on the outside looking in for the next four years because he’s not one of the connected good old boys; this decision’s approval was predetermined before the meeting, and this was only a procedural formality for the record.

By: Taylon

Taylon — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:39:22 +0000

A shame that there will probably be lawsuits by Cox and no telling who else to delay this.

I would love for it to become a reality though. EREC is my electric company, so I fall firmly in their footprint in North Escambia. The proposed monthly payments look great to me (the 2 Gig service is cheaper than the Starlink service I am lucky enough to have).

The big cost, if this moves forward, will be to see what the cost to run the fiber to the actual house will be. My neighbors and I are kind of far off the main road so even if a junction box is right beside our mailboxes at the road that’s still quarter of a mile to the houses.

Fingers crossed, but time will tell.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 20:27:03 +0000

It’s about time! It’s 2022 and almost everything is online. Almost everything kids to do for homework or projects requires internet.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:40:16 +0000

Huge investment for an underserved community. It is expensive per household but this is how new opportunities are created.