Broadband Service Coming To Homes In Northern Loudoun County

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — All Points Broadband and Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative have reached an agreement that will support All Points’ efforts to extend fiber-to-the-home broadband service to more than 1,000 homes in northern Loudoun County.

The initial locations targeted for service are within or adjacent to NOVEC’s service territory and do not currently have access to fiber-optic, gigabit-capable broadband. All Points Broadband announced the partnership with NOVEC at an event Tuesday morning in Lovettsville.

“Because of COVID-19, the imperative of ensuring universal access to high quality broadband has never been more clear than it is today,” Phyllis Randall, Chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, said Tuesday in a statement. “This innovative partnership between two local organizations is an important step towards achieving that objective, and we look forward to supporting its continued progress.”

By Sept. 1, eligible households in the area will be contacted by mail and encouraged to pre-register online. Doing so allows All Points to evaluate demand and determine whether construction of the last-mile fiber network can proceed. If there is sufficient customer demand, All Points would begin construction in early 2021.

Interested consumers should pre-register their locations and subscribe to project updates on All Points Broadband's website.

Under the agreement announced Tuesday, All Points will design a new fiber-optic network that uses excess capacity in NOVEC’s proprietary fiber-optic network. NOVEC built and uses the 333-mile network to monitor and manage aspects of its 7,400-mile electric infrastructure.

“This initiative aims to extend fiber-optic broadband into areas of Loudoun where there is relatively lower population density and challenging terrain from a deployment perspective,” Jimmy Carr, CEO of All Points Broadband, said in a statement. "If we have a strong response in the next 30 days, we should be in a position to commence construction early next year.”