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The state of Virginia has actually used money from its tobacco settlement to fund the development of a broadband network in the southern part of the state. That
by 1SockChuck 16y ago
The state of Virginia has actually used money from its tobacco settlement to fund the development of a broadband network in the southern part of the state. That was a key piece of the deal, as there's lots of power and water infrastructure in that area from old factories. Here's more details:
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/08/27/microsoft-project-boosts-southern-virginia/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/08/27/micro...
- count 16y agoHmm, Culpeper and Richmond are only 'Southern Virginia' compared to Arlington/Mclean/NCR area. Microsoft's project is WAY out in the middle of nowhere, right near the Carolina border, but conveniently, nowhere near Hampton Roads (Norfolk/Virginia Beach area), where this is actually a sizable population (where I live). I guess there's probably a sizable fiber bundle down I-85, and they're simply peeling off of that. The only other real fiber deployment in South Eastern VA is the Lambda Rail and DoD leased fiber going to Norfolk Naval Station.