Building High-Speed Fiber Optics That Connect Idaho’s Non-Profit Community To The World

The Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON) provides significant opportunities for higher education, healthcare, state and local government, research facilities and other non-profits by providing some of the most highly reliable access to high-speed infrastructure available in the country.

With the Salmon and Snake Rivers out our back door it is sometimes easy to forget how dependent we have all become on the internet, but it has become a necessity. An internet service that is reliable and affordable would be a huge advantage to our small community and the surrounding areas. Many of our small businesses along with future businesses would greatly benefit opening up doors to unseen opportunities.

Sandra Murphy, City Clerk/Treasurer, City of Whitebird

In today’s information-driven global economy, broadband connectivity is not simply an amenity – it has become essential. However, this connectivity is more than just connecting households, schools and universities, and healthcare centers to each other as well as the rest of the world through high-speed internet. Is is also a tool that enables increased productivity for Idaho’s farms, factories, forests, mining and small businesses. Connectivity is fundamental for economic development, innovation, advancements in technology, workforce readiness, and an improved quality of life.

Mike Tatko, Regional Buiness Manager, Lewis-Clark Region, Avista Utilities