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$33M emergency-services tower project to go online June 30
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has started testing a $33 million upgrade to its emergency communications tower network -- a project designed to bolster public safety and make Internet available to homes in rural communities.
The two-year project, funded by the federal economic stimulus, expands the state's existing 90-tower network. The improvements are expected to nearly double the network's capacity for voice and data communications. The tower network also will likely link up with a national public safety system.
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$33M emergency-services tower project to go online June 30
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has started testing a $33 million upgrade to its emergency communications tower network -- a project designed to bolster public safety and make Internet available to homes in rural communities.
The two-year project, funded by the federal economic stimulus, expands the state's existing 90-tower network. The improvements are expected to nearly double the network's capacity for voice and data communications. The tower network also will likely link up with a national public safety system.
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