Record #:

22165

Author(s):

Miller, Hannah

Abstract:

A lack of access to high-speed internet service is an ongoing complaint among North Carolinians, especially in rural areas and smaller communities. Rural sections of the state are often bypassed by the larger cable providers--one reason being that they don't bring in enough revenue. Sixty years ago electric cooperatives brought electricity to these same areas. Now they are working to bring fast, reliable cable services to these areas. Miller describes a fiber-optic cable network that's going up across the state to bring \"the network to the unserved and underserved.\"

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 43 Issue 0, Feb 2011, p11-13, il, map

Subject(s):

Internet service--Rural areas; Fiber optics