LAWTON — The internet company Bluepeak has received franchise approval from the city of Lawton to build a high-speed fiber network to meet the growing needs of the community, the company announced March 9.
The approximately $40 million expansion – the company’s largest such investment in the state – will bring Bluepeak service to more than 40,000 residences and businesses in Lawton.
“The City of Lawton has been a steadfast partner in our work to bring a next-generation, fiber-to-the-home network to the community,” Bluepeak CEO Rich Fish said. “At Bluepeak, we take pride in being relentlessly for our customers, and we can’t wait to show the good people of Lawton what that means for them.”
With Bluepeak’s advanced fiber connection, residential customers can get up to five gigabits per second of symmetrical bandwidth (upload and download), and businesses can get up to 10 Gbps and beyond of symmetrical bandwidth. Bluepeak’s fiber network will provide faster speeds, better connectivity and the bandwidth to connect more devices for internet, streaming, gaming and more.
“The City of Lawton is thrilled to see industry in Lawton growing with the investment from Bluepeak,” City Manager Michael Cleghorn said. “Access to high-speed internet, such as fiber connection, is vital to the growth of communities. We look forward to the possibilities this kind of access will present Lawton citizens.”
Bluepeak has coordinated with the City of Lawton and will begin construction on the new network within the next 90 days.