Investing in Oregon
Enhancing digital infrastructure, promoting economic growth, and positioning residents and local businesses for success in an increasingly digital world is a top priority for us at Comcast. That’s why over the past three years, we have invested more than $574 million in technology and infrastructure into Oregon to expand our reliable, high-speed, symmetrical broadband network to nearly 80,000 additional homes and businesses. More than 19,000 network miles are deployed across our Oregon footprint to bring Internet, mobile, entertainment, and security services from Xfinity and Comcast Business to 1.3 million homes and businesses throughout the state.
What it Means for Your Local Community
When we enter a new community, we not only bring our next-generation network but also take pride in becoming a true partner to ensure that all residents and businesses feel supported. Comcast aims to increase economic mobility for the local community. That’s why we created Internet Essentials, a broadband adoption program that offers eligible households low-cost, high-speed Internet and affordable computers. Additionally, over the past three years, Comcast has invested more than $5 million in cash and in-kind donations to Oregon nonprofits focused on helping people build digital skills, expanding WiFi–connected Lift Zones, and funding programs that advance economic mobility.
What to expect.
NOTIFICATION
MARK UTILITIES
Before our team begins construction, we will provide you with a notification that includes when we will need to access public right-of-ways and easements on your property, what to expect during construction, and how to protect your property and pets. We also provide you with our local business partner’s contact information.
State law requires the marking of lines before digging can occur in public right-of-ways and easements. You will notice different color markings and flags that will pop up in your community. Please don’t remove the markings; doing so may delay construction or pose a safety risk to our crews and the community.
FIBER INSTALL
RESTORATION
Our local teams take the utmost care and respect for the communities we serve and expand into. We use state-of-the-art equipment to install fiber lines with the least amount of disruption. Our teams are ready to respond to your feedback.
Our teams are committed to ensuring construction areas are restored to the condition we found them.
CONNECT TO THE XFINITY NETWORK
Once construction is complete, your home and business will have access to the new Xfinity Network. Learn more about our products.
Frequently Asked Questions
Before construction begins, you’ll likely see crews marking the ground. The activity may even be in your yard. This is critical work. It helps our business partners identify what is buried.
Please do not remove these flags or markings. They are very important in making sure construction is able to be completed as quickly and as safely as possible.
Before construction begins, you’ll likely see crews marking the ground. The activity may even be in your yard. This is critical work. It helps our business partners identify what is buried.
Please do not remove these flags or markings. They are very important in making sure construction is able to be completed as quickly and as safely as possible.
Before construction begins, you’ll likely see crews marking the ground. The activity may even be in your yard. This is critical work. It helps our business partners identify what is buried.
Please do not remove these flags or markings. They are very important in making sure construction is able to be completed as quickly and as safely as possible.
• Watch for the notifications. It is easy to miss a mailer, door hanger, or phone call as spam.
• Keep your pets in your house. If access is needed to your backyard, please make sure your pets are safe and secure during the time period provided by Comcast.
• Be patient. Comcast is building a new, state-of-the-art network across these rural communities, bringing the full suite of services to Oregon. Comcast and our business partners are working to complete this work as quickly and safely as possible.
• Be aware of construction workers. All construction workers and people placing door hanger messages will be wearing a safety vest and a badge identifying themselves as a Comcast employee or an authorized Comcast contractor.
Large truck and trailers carrying directional drilling machines, backhoes, and water. Medium to large aerial lift vehicles to place and perform aerial splicing.
The image below provides a high-level overview of what a typical construction site looks like from a bird’s-eye view.
To provide Comcast service in your community, our team needs to place above-ground connection points that link to underground fiber lines. These connection points are pedestals or peds, which are generally light green plastic housing that encloses and secures the network connections.
Peds serve specific network engineering needs, particularly in mountain towns. Their above-ground design and placement provide a more secure connection space and avoid service-impacting damage from water and ice. Above-ground peds are also much easier and faster to service in the event of a network issue or outage.
To ensure the highest quality connection, peds need to maintain a relatively close distance to the associated home or business. The combination of these factors, in addition to staying in the public right of way or utility easements, creates some critical limitations on where peds can be placed.
Our business partners are working in collaboration with Comcast Design to minimize the number of pedestals in each neighborhood, to the extent possible, and place them in the least obtrusive locations.
Comcast invests billions of dollars in our network across Oregon to ensure residents and businesses have access to the most innovative video, broadband, security, home, and voice products available.
Technology is at the core of what we do – powering our fiber-rich network. We are extending it deeper into neighborhoods and closer to homes. We’re driving the industry with our major technology partners to redefine the technologies that you use to enjoy entertainment, connect, and communicate now and into the future.
Our team will notify potential customers of the anticipated service dates as soon as construction begins.