PRLog (Press Release) -
Mar 06, 2010 -
FiberFirst Minnesota is pleased to unveil a new web site promoting and supporting fiber optic network deployment. The site features regular updates related to fiber, fiber to the home (FTTH) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) in Minnesota. Visit the site for the latest fiber news:
http://fiberfirstminnesota.org/ “We wanted to create an online place where interested parties could go for information on fiber. How it’s deployed? Which communities are looking at fiber networks?” said John Griffin, Chair of FiberFirst Minnesota. “We’ve seen fiber progress considerably in the last few years and with the FCC’s upcoming release of the National Broadband Strategy and the Minnesota Legislature looking at a broadband bill, we wanted to focus our attention on public outreach.”
FiberFirst Minnesota welcomes press releases from communities and vendors working with fiber. (Please submit news items online
http://fiberfirstminnesota.org/?page_id=2 .) They also invite comments on stories posted on the site.
FiberFirst Minnesota ( http://fiberfirstminnesota.org/
) is dedicated to educating, encouraging and assisting when requested all potential FTTH providers in each respective community, including the incumbent cable television franchisee(s)
, the incumbent local exchange carrier, competitive local exchange carrier(s), the municipal electric utility, telephone or power cooperatives, greenfield subdivision developers and alternative bundled telecommunications service providers. FFMN will provide information and education to interested city, county and state elected officials and their professional staff on the benefits to their citizens and businesses of a fully-fiber network. The economic development benefits of providing “triple play and beyond” integrated voice, video and data services over fiber optics to the home include telecommuting through robust teleconferencing, state of the art telemedicine and effective distance learning options. Finally, FFMN will encourage FTTH deployment by educating the press, public and public policy makers on the benefits of competitive telecommunications services connecting Minnesota to the world at the speed of light.
