Network Computing is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

$12 Million From Tobacco Settlement To Fund Rural Broadband Infrastructure In Virginia: Page 2 of 2

According to officials, the RBI will create an open-access advanced broadband network that will provide wholesale dark fiber and managed high- speed bandwidth services to rural Virginia where services do not currently exist. Officials also insist that the RBI will bring increased competition for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) and Internet Service Providers (ISP) as well as other competitive carriers, which should result in lower costs for high-speed Internet connections for citizens.