Get Wired Alabama initiative partners with Omnipoint Technology Partners to bring broadband to rural Alabama
- January 20, 2018
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The Southern Alabama Broadband Cooperative District says it has created a public-private partnership with Omnipoint Technology Partners on an initiative to bring advanced broadband capabilities to 17 counties in Alabama. The $200 million Get Wired Alabama initiative will seek to supply affordable broadband to these rural areas, many of which are home to largely black and poor communities, via a mixed media approach.
Omnipoint will build and operate the open broadband infrastructure, which will combine fiber and wireless to enable service delivery to homes, businesses, and institutions as well as provide a foundation for smart-city technology. Omnipoint, which is minority owned, will operate the network under a 30-year agreement; 50% of any profits accrued will be put back into the Southern Alabama Broadband Cooperative District for distribution to counties for subsidizing internet payments and economic development.
Several partners have signed on to participate in the initiative. They include Lat long, which will provide Infrastructure for fiber construction; Crown Castle, which will provide tower deployments; Siklu will provide mm-Wave 5G technology; Cambium Networks will bring CBRS technology; Smart Media Cities will support smart-city projects; and an AT&T Partnership Exchange will supply IoT and edge technology.
Omnipoint will build and operate the open broadband infrastructure, which will combine fiber and wireless to enable service delivery to homes, businesses, and institutions as well as provide a foundation for smart-city technology.
“Much like a food desert, a broadband desert can have a compounding negative impact on the health of the community,” commented Commissioner Charlie King, Jr., of the Lowndes County Board of Revenue. “A place without proper internet is a place devoid of optimally functioning businesses, schools, churches, libraries, community organizations, and homes, which leaves students and residents at a severe disadvantage compared to places with adequate Wi-Fi.”
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