Colville Confederated Tribes Fiber to the Home

Cannon designed, engineered and permitted more than 170 miles of fiber to the home network connecting Omak to Inchelium for the Colville Confederated Tribes through Northwest Open Access Network, bringing broadband to over 2,200 unserved and underserved homes on the Colville Reservation. Cannon delivered the fiber design, the bill of materials and the cost estimates, engineered more than 2,000 pole attachments and the new underground conduit, and carried every permit through approval across WSDOT, Okanogan County, the City of Omak, Ferry County, Ferry County PUD, Avista and the Department of Reclamation.

Services Employed:

• More than 170 miles of FTTH feeder and distribution network engineered across a rural, dispersed service area
• More than 2,000 aerial pole attachments and the new underground conduit systems designed
• Route review, feasibility analysis, survey and field verification
• Fiber design, bills of material and engineer’s cost estimates
• Construction ready plan sets and traffic control designs
• Every permit submittal and application fee filed, with coordination run through closeout
• Approvals secured from WSDOT, Okanogan County, Omak, Ferry County, Ferry County PUD, Avista and the Department of Reclamation
• Design aligned with Tribal, utility and regulatory requirements inside a sovereign Tribal framework