Allo Communications has already installed fiber infrastructure at multiple locations in Lake Havasu City and Kingman and is working to bring Internet, video and phone services to both cities. But Allo officials say they are still waiting for the necessary permits from the Arizona Land Department to actually connect both communities to the World Wide Web.
Allo’s director of external relations, Dwight Wininger, visited the Tri-City Council meeting on Wednesday to provide an update on the company’s efforts in Mohave County. The Tri-City Council is made up of the mayors of Lake Havasu City, Kingman and Bullhead City. Wininger detailed his Allo construction progress in both Kingman and Havasu, but the company’s biggest challenge at both locations is obtaining the necessary permits from the state land department. I said that.
Wininger said Allo plans to have redundancy in Mojave County’s network, which applies to both carriers and the routes that connect the city to the Internet.
Winninger said Lake Havasu City’s primary connection is via a Lumen facility about six miles north of town on State Route 95, which provides internet from Phoenix. Allo said it plans to install underground and aerial lines to provide redundancy.
Meanwhile, Kingman’s primary connectivity will be via subway and aerial lines connecting Las Vegas to the Zayo facility in Golden Valley, which will bring internet to the area. Kingman and Lake Havasu City will also be connected by a line along Interstate 40, making his second Zayo connection at an Interstate facility on Griffith Road.
“That way, if the Lumen route fails, it will be rerouted to Lake Havasu City via Zayo,” Winninger told the council. It’s rerouted through Lumen for people, and that’s how we have redundancy to both cities, both airlines and routes.”
However, Winninger now says that neither the Lake Havasu City-Lumen facility nor the Kingman to Zayo, Golden Valley line can be completed without the proper permits from the Arizona Land Department. increase. According to him, Allo started the process in October, but it’s progressing slowly.
Winninger said the six-mile connector from Havasu to Lumen includes about a half-mile segment through Arizona land and two more 200-foot segments. He said Allo would need to obtain permits for all three locations from the department before it could complete its construction, and the company announced in December that it would need a cultural permit in addition to other permits. I was told there is.
Winninger said the cultural investigation is expected to be completed this week and should be submitted to the state property within the next 30 days. The agency said it would be able to consider permit approval.
Once Allo obtains these permits, it said it expects to be able to open the Havasu market to complete construction and testing in about 45 to 60 days.
Similarly, the fiber line connecting Kingman and the Zayo facility in Golden Valley will also need a permit from Arizona land to run approximately 3,000 feet of line through Crack Canyon. According to him, the department finally told Allo two weeks ago that he didn’t need a cultural permit for that. This should speed up Kingman’s process by a few weeks. But Allo is still waiting for other permits needed for construction from the Department of Land, he said.
Havasu Mayor Cal Sheehy said there is currently no land director for Arizona because new Gov. Katie Hobbs is still working on cabinet appointments.
“Once one has been appointed, which is expected to be very quick, we will pass some of these permits and resume support to resolve the process,” Sheehy said.
Wininger said it looked like Allo could open its market first in Kingman, but said Havasu would likely be delayed by a few weeks because Kingman’s cultural permit is not required. He told the council that his best estimate for when services will be available at Kingman is “mid the second quarter” of 2023.
Wininger said Allo has already installed 365,832 feet of fiber cable in Havasu.
He said the company will divide citywide installations into small groups of 8,000 to 10,000 roofs, including residential, commercial and government buildings. He said construction is already underway at eight of these groups in Havasu, two of which are already more than 80 percent complete.
Wininger said there are a total of 57 groups across Havasu.
Both Allo’s central offices in Havasu have already been completed and will house the instruments and electronics. The Allo store in Havasu is currently under construction at 2186 McCulloch Blvd. and is expected to be completed by February 28th. Allo’s warehouse in Havasu is located at 1680 W. Acoma Blvd. Technical offices are located at 2590 N. Kiowa Blvd. and Allo’s laydown yards are located near the airport on Whelan Drive and Whelan Circle.
Wininger said Allo has already laid 131,092 feet of fiber cable at Kingman.
He said construction is already underway on three separate groups of 8,000 to 10,000 roofs and the company is waiting for permits to begin on another group of four similar buildings. He said there are a total of 35 such groups throughout Kingman.
Wininger said Allo is particularly focused on providing fiber internet to Kingman Airport as soon as possible given the impact on economic development. He said the airport was among the first to start construction, and promised that if Allo could open up the market, the airport would be one of its first customers.
Kingman also has two central offices to house equipment and electronics, Wininger said. Kingman’s first one on his Wikieup Avenue is due to be completed today. Another is under construction on Gordon Drive and, according to Wininger, will serve as the “head end” for Allo’s introduction of video to all Arizona markets.
Allo also has a warehouse at 9750 Shipping Lane, according to Wininger. He said the store at 3153 N. Stockton Hill Road is currently under construction.
Allo started in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2003 and has since expanded to multiple cities in Nebraska and Colorado. And now I’m moving to Arizona.
Wininger told the council that Allo now serves 25 communities with a total population of about one million. He also said the company has 17 additional markets under construction and hopes to announce plans for more soon. To serve a community of 10,000 people.
Lake Havasu City was the first Arizona market announced for Allo, followed soon after by Kingman. The Mojave County Board of Supervisors is also providing Allo with an additional $4 million from US Relief Plan Act SHARE to expand fiber services to the rural areas around Kingman. Allo has also announced plans to serve Yuma and San Luis, and Wininger said the company is currently considering more cities in Arizona.
Wininger said Allo is also expanding in both Nebraska and Colorado.
