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Glynn County IT outlines Phase 1 success and Phase 2 plan to light island fiber and add 911 redundancy
Summary
IT director David West told commissioners Phase 1 fiber from the mainland to St. Simons finished rapidly after a right-of-way/fiber-strand agreement; Phase 2 will connect island sites, add redundancy to 911 trunks and bring streaming to recreation campuses, with some Phase 2 costs shifting to operating funds.
David West, the county IT presenter, said Phase 1 of the countywide fiber project — which connected the mainland to St. Simons Island — completed quickly because the county negotiated shared right-of-way and fiber-strand exchanges, allowing construction in roughly 90 days rather than the years such projects can take.
West said the Phase 1 result…
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