This website has been developed
to report on the work of the Regional Fiber
Consortium and the Fiber South Consortium.
These consortia are
local government entities created by their members to assist in
the development of options related to fiber optics in western-central
Oregon. One of the purposes of the consortia is to help communities
access the options opened up by the presence of fiber optics.
In early 1999, local officials in Lane, Klamath, Douglas, and
Coos Counties and the cities in their jurisdictions met and discussed
the formation of a public organization to facilitate access for
communities throughout the region to broadband, high speed fiber
optic facilities. These infrastructure improvements are essential
for government services, distance learning, telemedicine, economic
development, and other public services in the 21st Century information-based
economy. |
