“Phase two strengthens any weak segments and adds segments where they are missing to help reinforce and prevent loss of larger sections when trouble occurs,” he said. If phase one was like constructing a spider web, phase two is adding segments to the web, he said. This second phase of the project focuses on strengthening communication pathways, said Jim Helmberger, a principal engineer at OPPD.
Those pathways act as detours for congested data traffic arteries.įor instance, when storms interrupt data traffic or when maintenance work needs to be done on the system, data flow can be re-routed instantly while maintaining critical communications. The second phase also increases fiber network reliability and resiliency through additional backup fiber pathways. This phase targets a number of areas of increased data traffic congestion and expands capacity along those pathways. The project is entering its second phase. As telecommunications companies prepared to phase out the old land lines the utility used for communications, OPPD found a solution. OPPD officials knew the utility’s Fiber Network Expansion was a big undertaking, but also one that had to be done right.
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