Good progress has already been made with the civil construction for the 75 kilometres of fibre running through the town. The project should be completed by
the end of September and the first live installations are planned for October.
Remember, the teams might pass your home multiple times during the civil- and fibre work processes. The entire process per area is estimated to take between eight and 10 weeks to complete before your neighbourhood is live and ready for home installations.
Three phases need to be done – trenching, reinstatement and the fibre works. Home installation and service activation follow after that.
Remember that there are time lapses between the build and activity. Although these are invasive activities that could cause some inconvenience, they will not affect you getting in or out of your home. Once your neighbourhood is fibre-ready and you have elected to sign up for internet service, a home installation will be done at your house.
The home installation will entail an optic fibre installation into the house from a box on the sidewalk. A termination box with an optical network termination device will also be installed.
The fibre network will be open access, which means you have access to a magnitude of internet service providers, giving you the choice of the right package and partner for your internet needs.
You can expect to see the remote operated micro-trenching machine, cutting slots of 300 mm deep and around 50 to 60 millimetres wide. The equipment puts the soil to one side and the cleaning team follows to clean the trench and debris and pick up and remove the displaced earth from the site.
The duct team then instals plastic ducts into these trenches and connects the boundary boxes or utility holes through the sleeves installed.
When the ducts are in the ground, a premixed, pumpable soilcrete is poured into the slot to fill the cavities in it and under the kerb.
Although full curing time is around two days, the trenches can be crossed or driven over within an hour.
Once dry, an asphalt layer will be installed in the slot to the same level as the existing asphalt. A sealing layer will be applied where the cut was made and all reinstatement should be completed on
roads and road reserves.
Veatel, Vumatel’s main contractor, thanks the public of Parys for their patience and support.
