I let the dog out into the back yard this evening and went to do something else.  I heard her barking back there, which was out of character for her.  When I went to investigate I noticed that there was some test equipment attached to the telephone junction box in the corner of the yard.  There was no one around—she was barking at the equipment. 

A little while later the guy returned.  It turns out that they’re going to leave the existing copper wires in place in the back yard and run the new fiber along the street.  No one’s connections will be changed until such time as they order one of the new services that use the fiber optic connection.  He thought that the new internet service will be available in June, although that’s not definite.

One interesting thing that he mentioned is that Keller is the first city in the country where Verizon is rolling out fiber to the home.