Field engineering nears completion for fiber optics

Contract field engineer Gary Irek measures a pole in Colfax May 5.

Colfax residents may have noticed men carrying yellow measuring tubes near power poles in recent weeks.

Since early April, a crew from International Telecommunication Corporation – a subcontractor for Corning – has been in Colfax for field engineering for “fiber-to-the-home,” an internet broadband expansion plan being explored by Colfax Cable.

If all goes well, the company will offer increased broadband internet speed and capacity to residents in Colfax.

“We're 95 percent sure this is going to translate to fiber-to-the-home,” s...