With a small TRAXyL team using their innovative techniques and TRAXtor equipment, the installation was accomplished on pavement, thus avoiding all utilities and shallow bedrock. FiberTRAX was simple, versatile, and quick to install compared to other methods. After the etchings were created on the roadways, a 24 count (and sometimes a 6-count) micro-armored cable was installed to each handhole along the cable path.

Then a durable resin was deposited over the etched channel and cable, securing it in place and providing another layer of protection.
One challenge that the installation team faced was working in hilly areas with high traffic and narrow roads. To address the hour-long top coat cure time in high traffic areas, previously collected asphalt dust was sprinkled over the freshly applied FiberTRAX resin, allowing traffic to continue immediately after it was deposited.

The ISP, municipality, local contract installer, and the community residents were all very impressed by the speed and efficiency of the TRAXyL team and the FiberTRAX installation process. Over 13,000 feet of FiberTRAX was deployed on nine roads over the course of two weeks, bringing fiber connectivity to many residents within the community.

Robby Theodore, the Director of Fiber Operations at Connect2First, a subsidiary broadband company of First Electric Cooperative Corporation had said, “The coordination, communication, and operational deployment by TRAXyL was above and beyond what most contractors will do. TRAXyL came in on time, brought all necessary crews, and did a first-class job in building approximately 16,000 feet of Fiber To The Home for us. Everything they promised with the machine operations, implementation, and the final top coating was delivered as promised.”