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Greene County reviews Comcast fiber quote for 1 Gbps dedicated line; staff to check other providers
Summary
County staff presented a Comcast quote for a 1 Gbps dedicated fiber line at about $700 per month and warned that installation could take four months and require a firewall upgrade; commissioners asked staff to check for alternative providers.
County staff reported a Comcast proposal to provide a dedicated 1 gigabit-per-second symmetrical line to county offices at roughly $700 per month, up from the county’s current $262 monthly service charge.
The staff presenter told commissioners the quoted service would include static IP addresses (the PDF referenced 29 static IPs; a lower package cited 5 static IPs) and that installation would take about four months if the county signs now. Staff warned that the county’s current firewall would not support the higher throughput and that a firewall upgrade would be an additional cost already budgeted, the staff said.
Commissioners asked staff to verify whether other providers — AT&T or resellers — could deliver fiber at comparable terms; staff said they would check. Commissioners noted the county’s courts, prosecutor and sheriff’s offices upload large body-camera files and that added capacity would help those workloads.
No formal vote was taken; staff will follow up with the commission by email with information on alternative providers and the final Comcast contract terms and timelines.
