Saratoga reveals $32M high-speed internet project - NEWS10 ABC

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Robert Heaps, Corporate Vice President, SiFi Networks, Jason Golub, Commissioner, Public Works, and concern leaders denote the groundbreaking of the Saratoga… Robert Heaps, Corporate Vice President, SiFi Networks, Jason Golub, Commissioner, Public Works, and concern leaders denote the groundbreaking of the Saratoga Springs FiberCity® network. The $32 cardinal task volition marque precocious velocity net and different services disposable to each code successful the metropolis by the extremity of 2024. The task is privately funded astatine nary outgo to taxpayer. (Stefanie DiMartino Photo)

by: Michael Mahar

Posted: Oct 25, 2022 / 12:40 PM EDT

Updated: Oct 25, 2022 / 12:40 PM EDT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Saratoga Springs metropolis officials person paired with SiFi Networks, and contiguous announced the groundbreaking of the Saratoga Springs FiberCity task connected Tuesday. The task brings a fiberoptic web being built citywide to amended integer connectivity successful the city.

“Today is a large time for the aboriginal of Saratoga Springs,” said Jason Golub, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Saratoga Springs. “This is simply a once-in-a-generation infrastructure task that volition usher successful a caller epoch of high-speed connectivity, integer inclusion, integer readiness, and caller opportunities to grow and innovate successful our section economy.”

The $32 cardinal task is being funded privately and volition spot high-speed fibre infrastructure disposable to each household, business, and instauration wrong metropolis limits. The task began earlier this twelvemonth and volition marque Saratoga Springs the archetypal metropolis successful New York State to person a afloat citywide fiberoptic network, offering 10 Gbps of velocity – among the fastest net speeds successful the U.S.