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Missoula school trustees OK fiber network construction

"The reason we went through this onerous process was because the Missoula fiber network is not an entity. It’s not real. It doesn’t exist right now," she said. "It would be a great idea if it did. But we had to meet our needs … with a sunsetting contract at the end of the school year. We could not wait on some sort of idea out in the future."

This week, MCPS trustees voted unanimously to approve a proposal to build a district-owned fiber network, which will create connections between each school.

Technology staff said Tuesday’s decision will nix the painfully slow download speeds in classrooms, improve streaming video, conference calls, and software and digital textbook downloads – and save the district $3 million in operational costs over 20 years.

CHELSEA DAVIS [email protected]

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-school-trustees-ok-fiber-network-construction/article_d9f88ee8-7611-559c-9e0a-c62ff18b37d7.html

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