Fast Internet Proposal

A representative of a fiber optic company addresses the Defiance City Council…saying his firm plans to invest $9.5 million in town to provide fast internet. Bryan McAfee, director of business development with the new firm Omni Fiber, told the panel…his company wants to install new fiber optic throughout Defiance during a six- to nine-month period beginning in mid-July. Internet and phone options will be available, but not cable TV. The upgrade, he said, will rely on “100% fiber” with underground installations, requiring very little visible infrastructure. The new setup will need no towers either.. A single connection will be made into buildings starting at two gigabytes. The council says they are looking into it.