High speed broadband is coming to more libraries and public services across our state.
NoaNet , the Northwest Open Access Network, received $54 million dollars in federal grant money to expand its high-speed broadband service to nearly every area of the state.
This will directly benefit more than 170 communities, 2,000 schools, libraries, universities and hospitals.
In order for a hospital like Valley General in Monroe to keep up with patient demand it has to expand.
Director Lisa Norton says right now that has everything to do with bandwidth.
"As we bring more and more things online, we see clogging of our lines. I'd say we're medium speed ," she says.
Norton says patient care can be much more effective with faster Internet.
"We want our physicians to be able to come in and access, to look at things from home, if they're on call, to speed up diagnosis for our patients and community," she says.
It even starts before you get to the hospital, speeding up communication with ambulance crews.
The fix could come by the end of next year with high speed broadband at Valley General hospital and many others hospitals in remote areas, across our state.
Northwest Open Access Network (NOANET) is behind the expansion.
It received $54 million in federal grants to help the "have-nots", building more than 1,300 miles of new fiber for hospitals and communities, and for 2,000 schools, universities and libraries.
NoaNet , the Northwest Open Access Network, received $54 million dollars in federal grant money to expand its high-speed broadband service to nearly every area of the state.
This will directly benefit more than 170 communities, 2,000 schools, libraries, universities and hospitals.
In order for a hospital like Valley General in Monroe to keep up with patient demand it has to expand.
Director Lisa Norton says right now that has everything to do with bandwidth.
"As we bring more and more things online, we see clogging of our lines. I'd say we're medium speed ," she says.
Norton says patient care can be much more effective with faster Internet.
"We want our physicians to be able to come in and access, to look at things from home, if they're on call, to speed up diagnosis for our patients and community," she says.
It even starts before you get to the hospital, speeding up communication with ambulance crews.
The fix could come by the end of next year with high speed broadband at Valley General hospital and many others hospitals in remote areas, across our state.
Northwest Open Access Network (NOANET) is behind the expansion.
It received $54 million in federal grants to help the "have-nots", building more than 1,300 miles of new fiber for hospitals and communities, and for 2,000 schools, universities and libraries.
