FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of
AT&T's* continuing efforts to drive economic development and
investment in Kentucky, AT&T
and representatives from the Kentucky Capital Development
Corporation today announced that the Franklin County Business and
Industrial Park has been designated AT&T Fiber Ready.
The AT&T Fiber Ready designation helps economic development
leaders more effectively position their communities for site
selection by emphasizing the availability of high-speed,
fiber-based services.
In today's world, connectivity is vital to new employers and
businesses of every type.
"We live in a fast paced, modern world where being 'Fiber Ready'
is critical to success for our businesses and our communities
across Kentucky. Our community has
many wonderful aspects to attract businesses looking to locate or
move, and having the designation as 'Fiber Ready' is a key tool in
the toolbox to emphasize that our community is ready to face the
challenges of a modern economy," said Rep. James Kay. "Many thanks to our business
partners for working with local officials to recognize the resource
in this important designation."
AT&T has been deploying high-speed, fiber-optic
infrastructure across the Commonwealth for years, totaling more
than 750,000 strand miles of fiber-optics to date, and the AT&T
Fiber Ready designation is a tool for economic development leaders
to highlight the assets available in their facilities.
"Investments from private industry are vital to making sure
Kentuckians have access to the modern communications services they
need, and with this designation, we can show that Frankfort is ready to meet the communications
needs of businesses with high-speed, fiber-optic connectivity right
here in Central Kentucky," said
Judge Executive Huston Wells.
"For years, AT&T has invested in Kentucky to deliver high-speed Internet in
urban and rural areas all across the Commonwealth using the latest
wired and wireless technologies, and this announcement offers an
opportunity to highlight AT&T's fiber infrastructure in the
Franklin County Business and Industrial Park – infrastructure that
is helping local businesses drive job creation," said Hood Harris,
president of AT&T Kentucky. "AT&T Kentucky's employees are
working hard every day to deploy our fiber-based network that
delivers the high-speed Internet access that Kentuckians want and
need, and the fiber optic connectivity that is available in the
Franklin County Business and Industrial Park is in place to meet
the communications needs of businesses of all sizes."
For more information on AT&T Fiber Ready in Kentucky, visit: http://kentucky.att.com/.
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