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Bringing Broadband Here Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 11-12, 2014 Editor’s Note: This is the cover letter from FARR Technologies CEO/Partner Peter Rasmusson to the county Industrial Development Agency, an overview of the proposed $30 million public/private plan to bring high-speed Internet to the whole of the county. Broadband access is arguably one of the most important aspects of any thriving community today. With broadband access, our educational system, our economic-development efforts, our healthcare and our business climate are all enhanced.…
Broadband Plan Set: IDA May Let Contract With Telecom Firm By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA/The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 4-5, 2014 The future in Otsego County is not now. But it could be now in the next 2-3 years. The IDA-commissioned Broadband Feasibility Study has found a $30 million public-private high-speed system can happen in Otsego County, and the agency is prepared to contract with a “telecom” to implement it as soon at the IDA’s Thursday, Dec.…
Broadband Plan Readied IDA To Let Contract With Telecom Firm Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Dec. 4-5, 2014 editions of The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com The future in Otsego County is not now. But it could be now in the next 2-3 years. The IDA-commissioned Broadband Feasibility Study has found a $30 million public-private high-speed system can happen in Otsego County, and the agency is prepared to contract with a “telecom” to…
IDA Names Middleburgh Telephone As ‘Telecom’ In Broadband Initiative By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com ONEONTA – The IDA board this morning named Middleburgh Telephone as the private entity in a four-part partnership that will seek to implement a $30 million program to provide broadband Internet service throughout Otsego County. “Their credentials, their experience, the breadth of the company is a testimony to the organization,” said IDA President Sandy Mathis. Middleburgh Telephone is part of the Independent Network Operations Consortium, which…