News Release<\/p>\n
Comcast announced the kickoff of construction of its nextgeneration network in Fayette, Rush, Delaware, Boone, Shelby, Morgan and Miami counties. Upon completion, more than 10,000 residents and businesses will have access to the full suite of Xfinity and Comcast Business services, including built-in cybersecurity, affordable Internet plans, and a robust video offering spanning TV and streaming.<\/p>\n
The multi-million-dollar joint investment is the latest from Comcast in partnership with the State of Indiana\u2019s Next Level Connections Broadband Grant Program, which has invested $350 million toward improving broadband access and adoption in the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working to ensure that every Hoosier has access to high-speed, reliable, affordable broadband,\u201d said Steve Cox, Indiana\u2019s Chief Broadband Officer. \u201cConnecting every corner of our state will provide economic mobility and connect residents and businesses to a better quality of life. With this partnership, Comcast is helping us make that happen.”<\/p>\n
Overall, Comcast has invested more than $80 billion in the last 10 years to grow and evolve its expansive fiber-rich network across the company\u2019s service footprint nationwide, including nearly $600 million the company has invested in its network in Indiana over the last three years.<\/p>\n
\u201cComcast is proud to continue its commitment to rural Hoosiers by kicking off construction work and ensuring even more homes have access to faster and more reliable Internet,\u201d said Joni Hart, vice president of Government Affairs for Comcast Indiana. \u201cThrough our network that delivers 99.9% reliability, residents can participate in services like e-learning, utilize healthcare online, and rely on broadband access in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Comcast\u2019s more than 49,000 miles of fiber-rich network infrastructure across Indiana allows the company to offer Internet speeds faster than a gigabit to residential and business customers in its service footprint. In addition, Comcast has more than 65,500 WiFi hotspots in Indiana and more than 23 million nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Release Comcast announced the kickoff of construction of its nextgeneration network in Fayette, Rush, Delaware, Boone, Shelby,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3161],"tags":[80024,80020,5168,60051,25904,474,17331,80021,105,80028,80022,80019,35063,3082,3673,80023,23762,5167,21616,80025,33987,80031,80027,80030,326,53,80029,5006,16,15,80026],"class_list":{"0":"post-197150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-ag","9":"tag-business-services","10":"tag-construction","11":"tag-diversity-and-inclusion","12":"tag-economic-development","13":"tag-finance","14":"tag-gary","15":"tag-green-and-sustainable","16":"tag-health","17":"tag-hoosier","18":"tag-hr-and-insurance","19":"tag-indiana-business","20":"tag-indianapolis","21":"tag-internet","22":"tag-it","23":"tag-last-word","24":"tag-logistics","25":"tag-manufacturing","26":"tag-photo-feature","27":"tag-pro-voices","28":"tag-professional-development","29":"tag-purdue-university","30":"tag-south-bend","31":"tag-st-joseph","32":"tag-tech","33":"tag-technology","34":"tag-terre-haute","35":"tag-tourism","36":"tag-uk","37":"tag-united-kingdom","38":"tag-valparaiso"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114710088604691363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}