Rural Wyoming City Eyes Fiber Optic Network
An AP newswire article by Becky Bohrer, via ABC News, reports that:
Hay and beans have fueled this rural economy for years. But it's fiber of another kind that city leaders believe is key to Powell [Wyoming]'s future.More here.
Plans are under way to build a fiber-optic network capable of delivering ultrafast Internet, cable TV and telephone service to virtually every household and business in this community of about 5,300 people.
The goal of the $6 million project is to create another selling point for a community where quality of life issues good schools and safe streets are no longer enough of a draw to do business in a place where the nearest major city is 100 miles away in Billings, Mont.
posted by Fergie @ 8/13/2006 12:29:00 PM
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