We're a fiber optic installation crew based in Colorado Springs. Every day, we pull cable, splice fiber, and deal with the chaos that comes with running field service jobs — locates, scheduling, documentation, billing.
For years, we managed it all with spreadsheets, group texts, whiteboards, and sticky notes. Job details got lost. 811 locates expired because nobody tracked them. Invoices piled up on the kitchen table because nobody had time to type them after a 10-hour day in the dirt.
We tried the big platforms. Jobber is great for small residential teams, but it doesn't understand fiber. Housecall Pro has excellent customer communication tools, but no 811 tracking. ServiceTitan has deep enterprise features — and enterprise pricing to match — but nothing specific to fiber installation.
None of them tracked 811 locates. None billed by the foot. None documented fiber splices. None generated as-built records. None tracked strand counts or OTDR results. They were built for plumbers, HVAC techs, and electricians — not fiber crews.
So we built our own. HogWired started as an internal tool — a simple way to keep our crew organized and stop losing jobs in group text threads. But as it grew, other contractors started asking about it. Turns out, every fiber crew has the same problems we did.
Today, HogWired has 42 features specifically designed for fiber contractors. 811 locate tracking is built into every job. Billing calculates automatically from trench, bore, and pull footage. Splice records and OTDR test results have a home. As-built documents generate themselves.
And we priced it for real contractors — starting at $70/month, round numbers with no $69.99 games. A 20-person company pays $350/month for the full platform. The same company would pay thousands a month for ServiceTitan and still not get fiber-specific features.
We still use HogWired on our own jobs every day. If it doesn't work for our crew, it doesn't ship.