High speed Fiber Internet in Garnett? Yep, you heard it right. Garnett City Commissioners and Anderson County Commissioners, in separate meetings last week, gave tentative approval to a plan by KwiKom Communications of Iola, that would involve Grants of City and County Funding for the company, as well as State COVID Relief Funds, to construct the local retail fiber network.
Under the tentative agreement, both the City of Garnett and Anderson County would invest $50,000 apiece with the company, which would then also access $100,000 in Kansas Sparks Grant Funds to build and market the local service. Fiber Optic cabling allows larger amounts of data to be transmitted at far higher speeds than traditional copper cable DSL connections and phone lines and is more reliable and less patchy than wireless service. County Commissioners also discussed the topic at their Day-After-Labor Day Meeting on Tuesday morning, signing off on the $50,000 commitment, pending the City’s approval and a review of the contract.
KwiKom officials says installation could begin 30 days after approval of the contract.
