If you’re planning to build or remodel a future-ready home in the Lake Panorama area, this is your chance to get the internet technology right. Your new Wi-Fi network will require wires, so don’t wait until the walls are drywalled to decide where the fiber cables and wiring will go. Contact Panora Fiber for expert guidance on how to best meet your communications needs: • Strategically plan. Arrange a fiber survey to determine the optimal cable routes. • Optimize wiring. Benefit from pre-wiring walk-throughs and best practice advice. • Design for connectivity. Decide on ideal interior and exterior wired internet locations. Call 641.755.2424 in Panora or 641.332.2000 in Guthrie Center. IS FIBER INTERNET IN YOUR PLANS? Here’s a Mini Lesson on Fiber-Optic Cables Fiber-optic cables improve the speed and reliability of internet service. But how do they work? Imagine a flexible plastic pipe that’s several miles long with its insides coated with a perfect mirror. You’re looking into one end of the pipe, and several miles away at the other end, a friend turns on a flashlight and shines it into the pipe. Because the interior is a perfect mirror, the light will reflect off the sides of the pipe, and you’ll see it. If your friend were to turn the flashlight on and off in a Morse code fashion, they could communicate with you through the pipe. However, making a cable out of a mirrored tube would be bulky and difficult. That’s why fiber-optic cable is made from pure glass, drawn into a very thin strand about the size of a human hair. These systems can transmit billions of bits of data per second. Visit panorafiber.com to learn about our fiber network and the speeds available with our fiber internet plans. Cornerstone Group © 2025
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