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Nearly 5,000 homes and businesses in rural Gates County, North Carolina will now have access to Fybe’s fiber internet services.
By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
Fybe, an internet service provider (ISP) run by a subsidiary of Roanoke Cooperative, has continued progress in North Carolina with their most recent network completion in Gates County.
The expansion was completed thanks to a partnership between Fybe and Gates County, the ISP’s April 23 announcement stated.
“Fybe has assisted Gates County in making impressive advancements as we have moved from a few households with limited broadband access to expanding fiber internet to almost 5,000 homes and businesses,” said Dr. Althea Riddick, chair of the Gates County Board of Commissioners. “This expansion will uplift our community and open doors to greater opportunities.”
Riddick, according to Fybe’s release, said broadband plays a crucial role in the daily lives of county residents, including for first responders, government operations. Education and telehealth were also mentioned as important uses of broadband to the county by Reddick.
Bo Coughlin, the COO of Fybe, said the project “is a testament to our resilience and commitment to overcoming challenging obstacles.”
Earlier this year, Fybe received four Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grants totaling approximately 9 million dollars.
Last November, the company announced that thousands of homes and businesses in Edenton, North Carolina, located in the state’s Inner Banks region, are now beneficiaries of a completed network expansion by Fybe.
The expansion, which brought fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology to 4,300 locations, allowed users to send data as fast as about 70 percent of the speed of light and provide broadband connections at speeds of up to 1 Gbps, according to Fybe.
The recent network completed in Gates County, located along the Virginia border, will provide similar download speeds of up to 1 Gbps, according to Fybe’s release.
