Zayo Selected to Expand EAGLE-Net Alliance’s Fiber Network

EAGLE-Net Alliance has signed an agreement with Zayo expanding EAGLE-Net’s network capabilities in Colorado and Wyoming. EAGLE-Net is a cost-sharing cooperative which provides commodity Internet and advanced education and research networks to Colorado school districts and other community anchor institutions. This expansion includes 511 miles of fiber connecting locations from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Branson, Colorado, near the New Mexico border.

The agreement will help EAGLE-Net fulfill a significant part of the requirements of the $100.6 million Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant that was awarded in September 2010 and is scheduled for completion in August 2013.  Zayo’s network capabilities in Colorado and Wyoming provide the opportunity for EAGLE-Net to reach its goal of connecting 72% of the 234 community anchor institutions throughout the state of Colorado by the end of August 2012.

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