The office of Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R)...
The office of Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) touted his state’s broadband work Thursday. “This expansion of fiber networks by private partners means the infrastructure will also be available to more private businesses,” the Republican said in a statement (http://1.usa.gov/12rpWEx).…
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His office described the state’s work to attract data centers and to have faster broadband connections throughout the state, especially focused on schools and telecommuting. “The most recent map from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Federal Communications Commission shows high-speed access for Wyomingites moved from 54% to 85% between 2010 and 2011,” according to Mead’s office. “Over two-thirds of Wyoming students now have access to high-speed internet connections at school -- this is up from a quarter of students at the beginning of 2011.” Mead’s staff helped orchestrate the law restricting state regulation of VoIP and IP, which staff said was done to increase such tech investment (CD Feb 1 p7). The governor signed that law recently, which takes effect in July. The data center progress may be “just the beginning,” Mead noted, pointing to the expansions of the Green House Data center in Cheyenne and Ptolemy Data Systems’ centers in Sheridan. Microsoft plans to expand a center in Cheyenne and Silver Star Communications hopes to open one in Afton, he added.