Summary
The annual update showed a near-50% take rate in the pilot, new construction tracking dashboard, material cost inflation and 44-week lead times, and emerging overlap with Windstream/Kinetic builds that could change which neighborhoods get city fiber.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 12
- Last 30 days
- 1
Rising — discussed at 3 meetings since Sep 15, 2026, up from 0 in the two months before.
Impact analysis
Rising material costs and supply delays are pressuring the project budget; separate material bidding has saved about 20%.
Residents gaining access to city fiber in currently unserved neighborhoods.
Residents dealing with utility disruptions, backups, and construction traffic during the installs.
Mentions & discussions (12)
City Council - Oct 20, 2026
$15 million in borrowing will fund fiber infrastructure and equipment to bring city-run residential internet to more Hudson homes.
City Council - Oct 6, 2026
Council greenlit bidding for construction of the second phase of the city's residential fiber internet buildout, combining areas from the cancelled earlier contracts under updated safety specs.
City Council - Sep 15, 2026
A $15M note ordinance for expanding residential broadband had its first reading; staff is also publishing a new neighborhood-by-neighborhood construction map and updated timeline.
City Council - Jun 16, 2026
Council was scheduled to consider an amended contract with Cogent Communications that adds a monthly fee for redundancy on the city's Velocity Broadband network — likely to keep the service more reliable.
City Council (Work) - Jun 9, 2026
Ward 4 residents met with the city engineer over ongoing frustrations with fiber installs — gas line breaks, traffic and visibility concerns, and one sewer lateral hit. City officials pledged better communication, work zone safety measures, and lessons learned going forward.
City Council - Jun 2, 2026
Velocity Broadband renewed its Zayo internet backbone for three years and got bandwidth bumped to 10 Gbps, plus a $300,000 purchasing cap for 2026 operations.
City Council (Work) - May 26, 2026
The annual update showed a near-50% take rate in the pilot, new construction tracking dashboard, material cost inflation and 44-week lead times, and emerging overlap with Windstream/Kinetic builds that could change which neighborhoods get city fiber.
City Council - Mar 17, 2026
A $266,000 bulk modem buy from Calix keeps Velocity Broadband subscribers supplied; Weinstein sat out the vote over a conflict of interest.
City Council - Feb 17, 2026
Council authorized up to $3.5 million in contracts to keep building the city's fiber internet network — aerial and underground cable, customer equipment, and laterals across north, central and south zones.
City Council - Feb 3, 2026
Council authorized bidding out year two of the fiber-to-the-home build (July 2026–June 2027), plus a software upgrade from Calix to improve Velocity customer support. More Hudson homes and businesses will get access to the city-run internet service.
City Council (Work) - Jan 27, 2026
The city would advertise bids and contract for the second year of Velocity Broadband fiber construction (July 2026–June 2027).
City Council (Work) - Jan 17, 2026
The city is planning a 4-year fiber internet buildout and weighing whether speeding it to 3.5 years is worth the tradeoffs.
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