Hill City South and East
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Golden West serves about 100 communities and rural homes across South Dakota that are similar to your area near Hill City. 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. If you see “Good News,” complete the form provided to preorder service. Then Golden West will contact you to schedule the first appointment to bring infrastructure to your home or business.
Construction will start in spring 2025. Registering your address now ensures you will get a broadband internet connection from Golden West when the project is complete late in 2025 or early in 2026.
Enter your physical address to get started:
Project Details
The Hill City area running along S.D. Highway 385 and east along Highway 323, also known as the Old Hill City Road will be added to the Golden West fiber network in 2025.
Contractors:
Pre-Wiring & Installs – Golden West
Engineering Consultant – Heberly & Associates
Construction Contractor – North Central Services
Customer Service – Golden West
Broadband internet access is coming to the
Hill City 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.
The following speeds will be available – with no data limits and no contracts:
- up to 250 Mbps – Starting at $64.95/month, recommended for users who email, browse online, and stream on one or two devices.
- up to 500 Mbps – Starting at $84.95/month, recommended for users who do a lot of streaming and connect multiple devices at the same time.
- up to 1 Gbps (1 Gig) – Starting at $104.95/month, recommended for users who telecommunicate, stream in high definition, or are serious online gamers.
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 September 15, 2025, to get free installation and avoid construction charges that will 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.
Heberly & Associates, a contractor working for Golden West, has staked the project and is working to secure all necessary easements and right-of-way agreements. For your safety, every Heberly & Associates worker has a Golden West name badge.
Project Updates
October 23, 2025
- North Central Service has a small crew working on cleanup.
- Golden West technicians are splicing fibers at customer premises as well as in the Golden West office in Hill City. This work will take several weeks.
- When the new fibers have been spliced and tested, technicians will complete the final connections in the Golden West hut in Hill City. Customers who have ordered service will be notified by letter that they can expect a call to schedule an installation.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.
October 16, 2025
- North Central Service has completed construction. They will have a small crew cleaning up their cable yard near Hill City.
- Golden West technicians are splicing fibers at customer premises as well as in the Golden West office in Hill City. This work will take several weeks.
- When the new fibers have been spliced and tested, technicians will complete the final connections in the Golden West hut in Hill City. Customers who have ordered service will be notified by letter that they can expect a call to schedule an installation.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.
October 9, 2025
- North Central Service will have a crew working on replacing cable at the intersection of Memorial Park and Old Hill City Road.
- A crew is hauling equipment to Twin Springs Road to prepare to bury a section of fiber cable. They will be using a directional drilling machine and a rock saw on this section.
- Golden West technicians are splicing fibers at customer premises as well as in the Golden West office in Hill City. This work will take several weeks.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.
October 2, 2025
- North Central Service and the crew plowing lines to customer homes will be working on Rafter J-Bar Road.
- A crew will then move east of Hill City to Twin Springs and Twin Rocks Roads with a rock saw and a directional drill.
- During fiber testing, splicers found some cables with broken fibers a short distance south of the new Golden West building in Hill City. Crews will be replacing these cables in the next several days.
- Golden West technicians are splicing fibers at customer premises as well as in the Golden West office in Hill City. This work will take several weeks.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.
September 25, 2025
- North Central Service has a small crew working on clean up south and east of Hill City.
- The crew plowing lines to customer homes have two areas to complete. One is on Rafter J-Bar Road and the other is on Twin Springs Road.
- Golden West technicians are splicing fibers at customer premisis as well as in the Golden West office in Hill City. This work will take several weeks.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.
September 18, 2025
- North Central Service has a plow crew and a rock saw working along Jacob Maca Drive.
- A second crew is pulling cable through previously buried duct at customer homes east of Hill City.
- A directional drilling crew is working on Old Hill City Road, doing rock bores.
- The crew plowing lines to customer homes will be east of Hill City on Old Hill City Road, Twin Springs Road, and Ford Mountain Court.
- Plowing is complete on the project south of Hill City. Crews will be splicing fiber at customer homes and the Golden West office in Hill City for the next several weeks.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.
September 11, 2025
- North Central Service has one crew working south of Hill City pulling cable through ducts previously placed at customer homes.
- A second crew is working east of Hill City on Wolframite Road, Matthew Court, and Jacob Maca Road.
- A directional drilling crew is working on Old Hill City Road, doing rock bores.
- The crew plowing lines to customer homes will be east of Hill City on Old Hill City Road, Addie Camp Trail, Towering Pines Lane, Palmer Pond Court, Twin Springs Road, and Ford Mountain Court.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.
September 4, 2025
- Both south and east of Hill City, Golden West technicians are installing clamshells on houses where customers have signed up for new service.
- North Central Service has a plow crew working east of Hill City on Wolframite Road, Matthew Court, and Jacob Maca Road.
- A rock drill will be on Reno Gulch Road.
- The crew plowing lines to customer homes will be east of Hill City on Old Hill City Road, Iron Horse Court, Towering Pines Lane, Palmer Pond Court, Twin Springs Road, and Kennedyville Loop.
- Some residents have asked about the rock saw trenches. Golden West is committed to restoring the land where Fiber to the Home construction takes place. After one crew cuts the trench, it may be a few weeks before a second crew places cable inside it. As soon as the cable is buried, a cleanup crew immediately begins the process of restoring the land to its previous contours. Grass is seeded, which will take a variable amount of time to grow based on rainfall.
- If you have questions about the Fiber to the Home project, please call Golden West at 1-855-888-7777 and ask for the engineering department.