Fiber to the Home Project
The Caputa area running along U.S. Highway 44 east of Rapid City and to the south will be added to the Golden West fiber network in 2024.
Contractors:
Pre-Wiring & Installs – Golden West
Engineering Consultant – CHR Solutions
Construction Contractor – MasTec North America
Customer Service – Golden West
Broadband internet access
is coming to the Caputa area!
Golden West's fiber-optic network connection will allow you to perform everyday activities online more easily for education, business, healthcare, entertainment, and more.
CHR Solutions, a contractor working for Golden West, began construction in the area in May. For your safety, every worker has a Golden West name badge. Those at eligible addresses who pre-order service should have a broadband connection by the end of 2024 or very early in 2025.
At that time the following speeds will be available – with no data limits and no contracts – as follows:
- up to 250 Mbps – $64.95/month
- up to 500 Mbps – $84.95/month
- up to 1 Gbps (1 Gig) – $104.95/month
Golden West also offers Wi-Fi plans to serve all of your many wireless devices.
- Ultimate Wi-Fi – $11.00/month. This plan offers exceptional security protection and access control, along with a router lease and Golden West Wi-Fi technical support.
- Managed Wi-Fi – $6.00/month. This plan includes a router lease and Golden West Wi-Fi technical support.
Don't miss this opportunity!
Sign up this summer while work is in progress to get free installation and avoid construction charges that may apply later. An advanced payment of $60.00 will be collected later before service is activated.
For more details about the project, review this handout.
Confirm your address is part of this project and SIGN UP NOW!
Golden West serves dozens of communities and rural homes and businesses like those around Caputa all across South Dakota. We hope we can connect you soon, too, to all the things that matter most!
Enter your address in the form below to verify your address is part of this project and that it should have a broadband internet connection from Golden West available by the end of 2024. If you see, "Good News" and complete the form provided to preorder service. Then Golden West will contact you to schedule the first appointment to bring the infrastructure to your home or business.
Enter your physical address
to get started:
2024 PROJECT UPDATES
July 25, 2024
- MasTec has two crews boring and inserting pipe in town.
- A plow crew is burying both main line fiber cable and drops, or lines to customer homes, on 158th Avenue headed north.
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
July 18, 2024
- MasTec has a bore crew and a crew plowing lines to customer homes working in the area.
- By next week they plan to have two mainline plows running.
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
July 11, 2024
- MasTec has a bore crew and a mainline plow crew working east of Caputa, heading west toward town.
- Crews are also boring under approaches and setting vaults.
- MasTec will be bringing in more equipment and people starting next week. They will start plowing mainline cable south of Caputa.
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
June 27,2024
- MasTec has a bore crew and a mainline plow crew working east of Caputa, heading west toward town.
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
June 20, 2024
- MasTec has a subcontractor boring on 150th off Highway 44.
- They will begin mainline plowing next week.
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
June 13, 2024
- MasTec has started construction with a bore rig drilling and inserting pipe under approaches and waterways.
- They will be moving equipment and materials in preparation for plowing to begin next week.
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
June 6, 2024
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
- Construction on the project will begin soon.
May 30, 2024
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
- Construction on the project will begin in June.
May 23, 2024
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.
- Construction on the project will begin in June.
May 15, 2024
- Golden West is installing clamshells on homes for people who have signed up for service.