Ethos Broadband was happy to participate in Millennium Media’s Easter Spring Fling last Saturday March 30th 2024.The team at Millennium Media threw another fun event at Ford Canyon Park where there were numerous giveaways for the littles ones and the adults alike. Participants such as Walmart and Blue Cross Blue Shield showed up in full force with teams that helped create a day of excitement for families in the Gallup community. Ethos was happy to give away two Nintendo Switch’s as we are introducing our newer technology that is built on the trusted foundation of Sacred Wind’s network.
We look forward to continue participating in and supporting the community of Gallup and surrounding areas by showing up to local events, sponsoring groups, and most importantly by upgrading the Sacred Wind network to bring the most cutting-edge technology available to rural America.
Grand Opening Celebration and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Ethos Broadband, a Commnet Broadband entity.
March 27, 2024, Pojoaque High School – Ethos Broadband, a leading high speed internet provider, is thrilled to announce the launch of services in the following communities with a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event took place on March 13, 2024 at 11:00am and was open to the public.
About the New Market: The new market launch marks a significant milestone for Ethos Broadband as we expand our presence to better serve high speed internet to the residents and businesses in the community.This next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) technology, has been officially deployed in the Pojoaque Valley District. This is the first of many upgraded networks that will equip residents and businesses of both Santa Fe and Rio Arriba County communities.
Ethos Broadband along with United States Senator Ben Ray Lujan, Congresswomen, Teressa Ledger Fernandez, current Santa Fe Commissioner, Justin Greene, former Santa Commissioner, Henrey Roybal, Eric Moores, New Mexico Office of Broadband (OBAE), and Pojoaque Superintendent of Schools, Sondra Adams, as well as other community leaders joined in on this monumental event reinforcing our commitment to excellence in these serving areas.
Scott Horne, CEO “We are proud to partner with the State of New Mexico, SantaFe County and the community of Pojoaque to provide true broadband to the homes and businesses in the area. This would not be possible without the work of everyone here today and many other Commnet Broadband employees who made this launch happen.”
About Ethos Broadband, a Commnet Broadband entity: Commnet has been the backbone of rural networks in the United States for decades. We enable or directly deliver high-quality broadband communications services to Tribal Communities and Rural America, driving digital inclusion and providing access to education, work, healthcare, safety, entertainment, and community connectivity.
Through the power of partnerships, we enhance the effectiveness of our efforts. Working with local stakeholders means better service to tribal communities, rural telecommunication companies, organizations, and government agencies. Commnet works to enhance the lives of real people through any available avenue we can find.
Crews are plowing in the fiber innerduct along Highway 187 in the Arrey, New Mexico area for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Aerial construction of the Ethos Broadband fiber network continues from our Central Office in Elephant Butte to Rock Canyon, Lost Canyon, Lakeshore Highlands, and Three Sisters areas.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews are “Blowing” fiber and placing “Hand Holes” between Garfield and Hatch, New Mexico for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Aerial construction of the Ethos Broadband fiber network began Monday, May 9th from our Central Office in Elephant Butte to Rock Canyon, Lost Canyon, Lakeshore Highlands, and Three Sisters areas.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
March 10th, 2022 – Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Crews are replacing an electric pole in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of replacing or preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area.
Construction of the Ethos Broadband fiber network will begin soon out of our Central Office in Elephant Butte to Rock Canyon, Lost Canyon, Lakeshore Highlands, and Three Sisters areas.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
February 26th, 2022 – Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Crews are replacing an electric pole in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews are replacing an electric pole in Las Palomas south of Williamsburg, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews are replacing an electric pole in Palomas Circle south of Williamsburg, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews are replacing an electric pole south of Las Palomas, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews are inserting a new pole on Palomas Circle in Las Palomas, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area. Here a crew is replacing a pole south of Las Palomas, New Mexico on King Canyon Road in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area. Here a crew is replacing a pole and re-installing a transformer south of Las Palomas, New Mexico on King Canyon Road in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
A R&R Line Service crew is inserting a new power pole in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op. The Crew is currently working south of Williamsburg towards Las Palomas & Caballo, New Mexico
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
“Fiber make ready” refers to the process of preparing a utility pole to receive a new fiber attachment. This process must be completed when a service provider is expanding fiber service to a new geographical area. Here R&R Line Service Crew are replacing a pole south of Williamsburg, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
R&R Line Service Crew are working south of Williamsburg towards Las Palomas & Caballo, New Mexico. The crew is re-installing an electrical transformer on a new pole they replaced in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
At Ethos Broadband, we prioritize building, installing, and maintaining high quality, reliable, and fast fiber internet.
Like any cutting-edge technology, constructing and providing fiber internet to your community and your home is…well…complicated! So getting it right counts—both for reliability, as well as for speed.
But “getting it right” can sometimes take a bit longer than many communities and residents would like!
While we realize that you just “can’t wait” to finally have high-speed fiber internet in your community, we’d like to explain the industry-wide process of installing fiber broadband infrastructure so you will better understand all that goes into providing this service to you—and why we hope you will heed our plea for just a bit more patience to let us get it right!
What is “Fiber Make-Ready Construction”?
Installing fiber internet is subject to strict industry and governmental standards of construction. From planning to permitting, to shovel-ready groundbreaking, to wiring and launching, it’s a step-by-step process to make sure we get it right and limit longer-term problems down the road.
Specifically, when we build the fiber broadband network in your community, we build it to “Fiber Make-Ready” conditions.
“Make-Ready,” a term used broadly in the construction industry, describes the process and standard of building infrastructure to access and connect to a utility access point—in our case, a fiber broadband internet “pole.”
As you can imagine, given the large network of users of this utility (who doesn’t use the internet these days??), the fiber broadband network must be competently and dexterously installed. Fiber Make-Ready is the universal standard Ethos Broadband follows to ensure the highest quality build possible for your internet connection.
Steps in the Fiber Make-Ready Process
Below is the multistep process to getting to Fiber Make-Ready conditions.
Step 1: Ethos Broadband reaches out to the “pole owner” of the fiber—usually another utility—asking permission to connect to the fiber pole. This is a lengthy process involving many governmental regulations, including construction, environmental, financial, labor, and telecommunications regulations.
Step 2: The fiber broadband pole owner runs an engineering and technical assessment on the capacity for that pole to accept more equipment for another connection and whether it can provide sufficient high-speed fiber internet to the Ethos Broadband customer base without additional upgrades. Many factors are considered including safety and basic spacing on the pole.
Step 3: Based on the pole owner’s assessment of capacity, space, safety, and other factors, the pole owner sends a “Fiber Make-Ready” cost estimate to Ethos Broadband. This cost estimate must be pre-paid before any construction work can begin.
Step 4: Once the pole owner concludes that there are no significant issues and has received pre-payment, every other company and provider then sends utility workers to the pole to make adjustments to their existing wiring and equipment on the pole in order to accommodate Ethos Broadband’s new equipment.
Step 5: After space for the new fiber equipment on the pole has been made, the pole owner issues a work permit (which, again, must comply with federal, state, and local laws and regulations) to Ethos Broadband.
Step 6: Finally, after all the above steps have been completed, Ethos Broadband can install its fiber equipment on the pole.
Fiber Broadband is Worth the Wait!
We know this seems like a lengthy process. But when you think about it, the steps above help ensure that the internet infrastructure in your community is not overburdened—or unsafe—to bring into your neighborhood. In the long-run, Ethos Broadband’s fiber internet will be more stable, more sustainable, and higher quality because we have taken the time to install it to Fiber Make-Ready conditions.
In sum, installing fiber internet takes some time, and is subject to strict standards of Make-Ready construction. But trust us—it is well worth the wait!
Your internet will be more reliable, more efficient, and much faster because we took the time to install it to the best industry standards.
Please follow Ethos Broadband’s social pages for more information about our services, and helpful tips on making the most of your high-speed fiber internet!
Crews of R&R Line Services are removing an electrical transformer and power lines from a pole that will be replaced with a new taller pole in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
The city of Truth or Consequences and Turtleback Mountain are shown in the background as the crews work south of Williamsburg towards Las Palomas & Caballo, New Mexico.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews of R&R Line Services are replacing electric poles south of Williamsburg, NM. “Make Ready” preparations continue for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews of R&R Line Services are preparing to “pull” the old electric pole and replace it with the new one (on the ground) south of Williamsburg, NM. “Make Ready” preparations continue for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews of R&R Line Services will be using these poles south of Williamsburg, New Mexico in preparation for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
World class fiber network under construction in Sierra County, New Mexico. Construction crews are building Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op. Look for these signs in your neighborhood.
If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews of R&R Line Services are replacing an electric pole on County Road B074 south of Williamsburg, NM. “Make Ready” preparations continue for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean-up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
Crews of R&R Line Services are replacing an electric pole on County Road B074 south of Williamsburg, NM. “Make Ready” preparations continue for Ethos’ Broadband Fiber to the home project in partnership with Sierra Electric Co-op.
Construction of the fiber network will begin after the “Make Ready” crews have completed their work of pole replacement, pole insertion, and miscellaneous clean-up in the power space. If you have property in Sierra County and want to find out if you qualify for the World-Class Fiber Network, visit ethosbroadband.com or call 833-650-0480.
The 2021 holiday shopping season is just around the corner—and with global supply chain shortages and delays, online shopping will be more competitive than ever. And the competition for the best 4K TVs, smartphones, tablets, laptops and smart home devices will be red hot.
So when is the best time to find the biggest discounts and sales on the year’s must-have tech—and well in time for them to arrive to be gift-wrapped? On Cyber Monday, which falls on November 29,2021.
Cyber Monday, the annual massive online shopping sale just days after Black Friday, is quite simply the best opportunity of the year to get the cheapest prices on tech and other highly-prized devices and gifts.
Ready to splurge on a Smart Coffeemaker? This is your day. Finally decided to get the Apple Watch? Cyber Monday may be your best bet for a better price. Determined to show off a 65-inch 4k Ultra Smart-TV? Do it Cyber Monday and show off the deal you got, too.
But you won’t be the only one looking for sales, so you’ll have to be attentive and strategic! Below are some tips for finding and snagging the best deals this Cyber Monday.
Tip #1 Look for Early Cyber Monday Deals
Given the current supply chain issues and the potential for shipping delays, 2021 is a particularly good year to shop early. Fortunately, despite the name, the dramatic discounts don’t have to happen on Cyber Monday itself. Past experience shows that some early deals even pop-up on Thanksgiving Day. Look for “Flash Sales” on Amazon.com and BestBuy.com, though these retailers typically sell very limited quantities of advertised stock.
Tip #2 Stay Open to Other Brands or Models
Millions of shoppers will be on the hunt for that same ideal TV or Smartphone or Tablet you’ve waited months to buy on sale, so don’t despair if your top brand preference is sold out. Do your research well before Cyber Monday and consider alternative models to buy instead—you may even snag a better deal.
Tip #3 Look Beyond the Big Online Retailers
While Amazon.com, BestBuy.com and Walmart.com usually reign supreme on Cyber Monday, be sure to check out other retailers’ online stores. For example, Staples usually offers excellent deals on laptops and tablets on Cyber Monday. And if you’re a brand loyalist, don’t forget to search that particular company’s website, too. Dell Computers typically offers its best pricing of the year on Cyber Monday on its site, Dell.com. Likewise, Samsung.com may have the best deal of the year for the Samsung Galaxy Watch.
Yes, you’ll likely have to act fast to find and snatch up great deals on Cyber Monday. But a bit of planning and research upfront, as well as looking beyond the typical online stores for big sales, may reap great rewards and savings this holiday season.
