Private investors complete funding for Powell, Wyoming fiber network

Two years after making a $125,000 payment to the Utah-based U.S. MetroNets consulting firm, Powell has received full funding from private investors for a citywide fiber optic telecommunications network.

"The money is in the bank, so it’s real," City Administrator Zane Logan said of the $6.5 million deal that will bring fiber optic service over a city-owned network to more than 95 percent of the town’s homes and businesses.

By RUFFIN PREVOST
Billings Gazette

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