The county plans to construct a 134-mile fiber ring that will encircle Tucson's core areas to improve internet service in rural and historically underserved areas.
Nicole Ludden Pima County is set to get a 134-mile line of fiber internet infrastructure to create a ring surrounding the urban core of Tucson that’s set to provide high-speed internet access to rural and historically underserved areas.
People are also reading… The county and nearby jurisdictions are required to provide $12.5 million in supplemental funding for the project, bringing the total investment closer to $43 million. It will take “significant amounts of construction” to build the underground fiber lines in the coming years, Pima County Information Technology Director Javier Baca said, and the project will include “anchor locations” for internet providers to connect.
Nearly 10% of households in Pima County lack broadband internet access, according to data from the Federal Communications Commission. Some communities the new fiber line will reach showed up to 18% of households had no internet access, the county said.
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