Work continues on fiber-optic project to bring high-speed internet to Santa Maria Staff Report Buy Now Wave Broadband employees Ron Meyers, of Santa Maria, foreground, and Ron Christ, of Salinas, splice fiber cable inside a trailer on Lakeview Road. The new fiber-optic project with the city of Santa Maria is planned to bring high-speed gigabit internet service and free Wi-Fi to downtown, and attract new economic growth to the area.