ALBEMARLE, N.C., Oct. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of
AT&T's continuing efforts to drive economic development and
investment in North Carolina,
AT&T* and representatives from Stanly
County today announced that Meadow Creek Business Park has
been designated AT&T Fiber Ready, the first business park in
Stanly County to receive this
designation.
In a global economy, connectivity is vital to new employers and
businesses of every type. 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 an Information Age economy, we are in direct competition
with large cities and metro regions across this country for the
technology-driven jobs of the future," said Scott Efird, Chairman of the Stanly County Commission. "Ready availability
of a fiber-optic network, as well as the quality of life we enjoy
here, are competitive advantages and will help us be successful in
pursuing the clean, sustainable high-paying jobs we want and need
in Stanly County."
The AT&T fiber network provides the bandwidth needed to
support data intensive services such as video, collaboration, cloud
services and more through products such as Ethernet, Virtual
Private Networking, Managed Internet Service and AT&T Business
Fiber. Customers can complement their high-speed Internet with
network security options and online backup to help protect and
virtualize their business-critical information.
"A consistent theme throughout our discussions with businesses
considering expansion or relocation is the need for ready access to
advanced communications infrastructure," said Paul Stratos, Director of the Stanly County
Economic Development Commission. "Regardless of the industry,
businesses view this as vital for their business operations and for
enhancing the quality-of-life environment which attracts in-demand
employees. The AT&T Fiber Ready designation will be extremely
useful in our efforts to market and bring jobs to Stanly County."
In January, AT&T announced that it had added 1 million
additional business customer locations – including more than 23,500
in North Carolina – to its fiber
network since 2012 when the company began its aggressive fiber
expansion program. The expansion helped extend the AT&T U.S.
fiber network another 76,000 route miles, bringing the total to
nearly 500,000. AT&T offers business customers
high-speed Internet products on its fiber network in every major
metro in the company's 21-state footprint.
"We are excited to welcome Meadow Creek Business Park to the
list of places across North
Carolina where AT&T's fiber infrastructure is in place
and ready to help local businesses grow," said Kathleen Evans, regional director of external
affairs for AT&T North Carolina. "Every day, AT&T's
employees use our billions of dollars of investment to deliver
high-speed Internet for consumers and businesses. Those investments
are possible in large part because of the smart, pro-investment
policies championed by our state leaders and by local leaders such
as the Stanly County
Commissioners, led by Chairman Scott
Efird."
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brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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