Cool Neighbor: Tech Valley Communications Provides Internet Access to Sold-Out Farm Aid Concert/Food Festival

This Saturday in Saratoga Springs, Farm Aid’s annual benefit concert will take place at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) – and Tech Valley Communications (TVC), a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating fiber optic networks in Upstate New York and Northern New England with connectivity to Canada, has generously donated a 100 Mbps. Internet connection for the sold-out concert and food festival.

Tech Valley Communications’ 100 Mbps. service will provide the necessary high-speed bandwidth required for the event, which is expected to draw in over 25,000 people. TVC is providing Internet services to Farm Aid for the period of Sept. 16th to Sept. 23rd.

“Supporting local initiatives as powerful as the movement to promote family farms and healthy eating through local and sustainable agriculture is something we here at Tech Valley Communications are very proud,” stated Kevin O’Connor, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Tech Valley Communications. “By providing Farm Aid with our 100 Mbps. Internet service, we are providing the bandwidth needed for the event to be a complete success – on all levels.”

The Saratoga Springs’ Farm Aid 2013 event will feature Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, as well as Jack Johnson, Jamey Johnson, Amos Lee, Kacey Musgraves, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Bahamas, Carlene Carter, Pegi Young & The Survivors, Sasha Dobson, Insects vs. Robots, Jesse Lenat, and The Blackwood Quartet. The event is an all-day music and food festival featuring HOMEGROWN Concessions® and Farm Aid’s HOMEGROWN Village.

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For more information on Farm Aid, visit http://www.farmaid.org.