Anaconda to acquire high-speed fiber-optic network

As early as March students in Anaconda will be able to access faster internet thanks to a fiber-optic network that’s being installed by Fatbeam – an Idaho-based company that specializes in the installation of fiber optics in communities under 150,000.

Fatbeam built a similar network to Butte in 2014, when the company collaborated with Butte’s school district and the Montana Economic Revitalization & Development Institute to bring download speeds of nearly 30 megabytes per second to the Mining City, giving Butte the fastest internet in the state.

But with the new network in Anaconda – slated to break ground as early as October – Butte will have a rival when it comes to internet speed.

ANNIE PENTILLA [email protected]

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