wiredinUSA May 2012

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Troy Cable received a grant totaling $26,068,284 in 2010 to assist in the $34 million Southeast Alabama SmartBand Project to deploy a fiber optic Middle Mile network across 595 miles in the region. Troy Cable special projects director, Jimmy Copeland, said more than 380 miles (over 60 percent) of the project is complete. The Dothan Eagle reports that officials expect the entire project to be complete by the summer of 2013. “Getting 500 miles of fiber run in rural Alabama has been a significant undertaking, but as time goes we believe we can take what we’re building and move beyond the initial project,” Mr Copeland said. “Power companies and cooperatives have been extremely helpful to us and understand the significance and need of such a project in the rural setting we have in southeast Alabama.” Troy Cable’s connectivity project nears completion

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wiredInUSA - May 2012

wiredInUSA - May 2012

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