Every fiber contractor has the same story. Jobs are managed in a Google Sheet — or worse, a text thread. Work orders are scribbled on paper that disappears into a truck cab. 811 locates are tracked in someone's head. Invoices pile up because dispatch doesn't have time to type them after a 10-hour day.
It feels free. But it's costing you more than you think.
The 811 Problem
A typical fiber crew loses 8–12 hours per week to 811 locate delays. Crews show up to a site that isn't cleared. They drive to the next job, only to find that one isn't cleared either. By lunchtime, half the day is wasted on windshield time — and you're still paying crew wages.
At $30–50/hour per crew member, a 4-person crew sitting idle for 2 hours costs $240–400. Multiply that by 3–4 times per week, and you're looking at $800–1,600/week in lost productivity. That's $40,000–80,000 per year per crew.
The Billing Problem
Unbilled invoices sit for weeks. Crews log footage on paper, but nobody enters it into the books until the weekend — if at all. Revenue leaks because jobs go unbilled or footage gets underreported.
Most fiber contractors we talk to estimate they lose 5–10% of their revenue to billing delays and errors. For a crew doing $500,000/year in work, that's $25,000–50,000 left on the table.
The Communication Problem
Customer calls fall through the cracks. Crews don't know which jobs are priority. Dispatchers spend hours on the phone coordinating schedules that change every day. Critical updates get buried in a group text with 47 unread messages.
The Solution
HogWired eliminates every one of these problems. 811 tracking routes crews to cleared sites first. Footage-based billing auto-calculates invoices. Real-time dispatch keeps everyone on the same page. And it starts at $70/month — a fraction of what these problems cost you every week.