JUNE 4, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015, 11:19 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Connectivity between all the main facilities in Ridgewood has nearly been achieved with the village’s Fiber Loop project close to completion.
For the past year, the Signal Department has been installing, splicing, connecting and maintaining 125,000 feet of fiber throughout Ridgewood and Glen Rock. While Glen Rock’s installation was completed a few months ago, Ridgewood still needs to install fiber lines between the Water Pollution Division and Village Hall.
“This is big,” said Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld at a recent council meeting. “They have been working on this diligently for a long time.”
The Fiber Loop project connects the Fire Department buildings, the Emergency Services Fleet facility and the water pollution control site, among others. In all, seven facilities are currently connected to Village Hall, said Dylan Hansen, the village’s network administrator.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/loop-to-connect-ridgewood-buildings-1.1349250
If there has been discussion of this project, it hasn’t been recent. It would seem to me that setting up and maintaining a SONET ring (which is what this is) to connect Village properties is far more expensive than getting a contract for VPN services with FIOS or Optimum and letting them invest that capital and do that work. It is very unlikely that the Village needs direct fiber connections to send files between Village Hall and the water pollution control site. Seems to me we’re building a Cadillac where buying a Chevy would suit just fine.
If there has been prior justification published, please direct us to it.
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