Fiber middle mile link proposed for small California mountain community
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The tiny eastern California community of Kennedy Meadows could be in line for a broadband capacity upgrade. The Ducor Telephone Company is asking the California Public Utilities Commission for $1.6 million from the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) to build a fiber line from Kennedy Meadows to the Digital 395 route that runs along the eastern side of the Sierra, between Reno and Barstow.
According to the publicly available summary, Ducor’s microwave link has hit capacity and there’s no practical way to improve it…
… MoreCurrently, network facilities serving the region cannot deliver acceptable levels of broadband service.