In a phone-in interview, with radio host Jesse Stewarf, Fiber Connect Founder & CEO Adam Chait addresses how he and the crew continued, as an essential business under COVID-19, to respond to the surge in requests for broadband service and the changes made in operation policies to assure staff and customer safety. Chait also describes witnessing and handling the sudden surge in broadband traffic on Fiber Connect’s networks in Egremont and Monterey and the permanent installation early on in the pandemic of free Wi-Fi hotspots in two locations in each of these two towns. Beyond the impact of COVID-19, the conversation covers Fiber Connect’s future extension of its networks and answers Jesse’s question as to what is Fiber Connect’s biggest hurdle in bringing fiber optic broadband to South County. Listen to the broadcast here.
Fiber expanding in downtown Great Barrington; officials tout economic impact
Terry Cowgill for the Berkshire Edge (May 22, 2019}
”Downtown Great Barrington is being lit up. No, not by the cobra-headed streetlights on Main Street, but by super-high-speed broadband from a local company. As promised Fiber Connect of the Berkshires, an ISP start-up founded in 2014 and based in Monterey, has begun preparing downtown for high-speed internet service. Town Halll was one of the first to see the new service. In addition, Fiber Connect has wired a number of other buildings in the downtown service area including Castle Street, Railroad Street and the west side of Main Street from Castle to Elm Streets..” Read More
Broadband company starts fiber build in downtown Great Barrington
Heather Bellow for the Berkshire Eagle (Dec. 31, 2018)
“Monterey-based Fiber Connect of the Berkshires has begun work on a fiber-optic system that will give businesses and residents high and reliable internet speeds of 1 gigabit, which many say they need to compete in the modern economy…Adam Chait, CEO of Fiber Connect, already has installed the system’s core in the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and is working on landlord approval to string cables on rooftops, and town approvals to run cables under Main and Railroad streets. The company also will bring a fiber connection to Town Hall across the street, Chait said.” Read More.
Jesse Stewart of WSBS Interviews Adam Chait
(July 9, 2018)
Listeners to Great Barrington, MA's local radio station, WSBS (860 AM and 94.1 FM) were treated to an informative exchange between host Jesse Stewart and Fiber Connect CEO Adam Chait. The lively conversation touched on how Chait came to founding Fiber Connect, the status of the Berkshire towns being wired by Fiber Connect for high speed fiber optic internet, what Fiber Connect's biggest advantage is over competitors and Fiber Connect's educational efforts, online and offline, to both explain and assist residents and businesses with their services. Click here to watch and hear the interview.