Rural WA Gets 1,000 Miles of New Fiber

Construction is complete on Northwest Open Access Network's (NoaNet) nearly 1,000-mile expansion of broadband fiber, connecting nearly all unserved areas of Washington state. NoaNet received two federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act grants to bring high-speed Internet access to rural Washington. An additional 600 miles of expansion is scheduled for completion this summer through the second grant. NoaNet is a non-profit mutual corporation providing wholesale telecommunications transport and is headquartered in Tacoma, WA.