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Project
Beacon Broadband Inc. is a for profit subsidiary of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative. CCEC has been serving our members with quality service and integrity for over 80 years. The same local company that has been your trusted utility partner will soon deliver cutting edge fiber-to-the-home technology, unlimited local and long-distance phone service, and streaming video service options.
CCEC is building a fiber-to-the-home broadband network to serve the Southern Oregon Coast. Many areas in CCEC’s service territory did not have high-speed internet service. About 20% of CCEC members were severely underserved and have no or limited access to high-speed internet except through satellite service or a cellular data plan, which didn't meet the needs in today’s technology-driven world. Beacon Broadband was created to solve this problem and close the urban/rural digital divide.
No. Beacon Broadband has been set up as a corporation (C-corp) owned solely by Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Cooperative, Inc. Beacon Broadband will be building a fiber-to-the-home network to provide internet, voice, and television service.
Beacon Broadband intends to provide internet, voice, & video service on the Southern Oregon Coast.
Areas include Harbor, Brookings, Gold Beach, Port Orford, Langlois, Agness, Fairview, Sumner, Powers, and more!
For the first time, members in many areas of our service territory along the Southern Oregon Coast and inland will be able to have access to high-speed internet at competitive prices. High-speed connectivity provides many benefits, including:
- Fastest download and upload speeds
- Multiple household users enjoying the internet simultaneously
- Easy access to streaming movies, television, and events through the internet
- Playing advanced video games online
- The ability for telecommuting, distance learning, and telemedicine
- Local employees, local service, local support.
Service
No. All of our services will be month-to-month. We will ask you to agree to an internet services agreement that allows us to provide you with service and property access so we can build fiber to your home.
Our phone service will work the same as your existing service. Before installation, we will port your phone number to Beacon Broadband or provide a new one. During installation, we will connect our equipment to your existing phone or in-home wiring, and you will be up and running. We recommend purchasing an 8-hour or 24-hour battery backup for continued voice services during power outages.
Unlimited local and long-distance telephone service will cost $20 per month if you have Beacon Broadband's internet service. If you want telephone service by itself, Beacon Broadband offers a home phone-only plan for $40 per month.
We provide high-speed fiber-optic internet. Our internet plans range from 100 Mbps to 2 Gbps and beyond. Our service is symmetrical – that is, you get the same upload speeds as you do for downloads.
No. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Coos Curry Electric Cooperative. Ziply (previously Frontier Communications) and Spectrum (previously Charter) are completely separate companies, and we are not affiliated with them.
Fiber
This means that we will provide state-of-the-art Internet delivery over optical fiber — directly from our switching equipment all the way to your home or business. This fiber delivery system supports and allows for a multitude of services, including some of the fastest Internet speeds possible with symmetrical speeds up to 2 Gigabits.
This ultra-fast fiber connection delivers speeds of up to 2,000 Mbps—giving your whole household plenty of bandwidth to stream, work, game, and connect at the same time.
- Download a 10 Gb movie in about 40 seconds
- Stream 4K video on multiple screens at once
- Game, stream, and download simultaneously
- Perfect for busy homes with lots of connections
- Upload and share large files dramatically faster with fiber
Fiber-optic internet provides lower latency and higher speeds to keep you connected.
Other technologies include:
- DSL – Short for digital subscriber line, uses the copper wiring from landline phone systems to deliver an internet signal. (3 – 115 Mbps).
- Cable Internet - Cable internet runs through a coaxial cable network (10-1000 Mbps).
- Satellite Internet Access – Provides high-speed internet by transmitting signals through satellites. However, data transmission is slowed significantly due to round trip latency. (Up to 506 Mbps).
Installation
For a standard installation, Beacon Broadband's installation technicians will bring a fiber drop cable from the fiber running past your home up to the side of your home. This cable will end at a small box on the side of your house. The install technician will then bring an indoor fiber into your house and connect it to the fiber modem (or ONT).
We ask that all tenants obtain the landlord's permission before Beacon Broadband is installed. For tenants or homeowners, prices do not change based on the occupant's status of owning or renting.