Better, Faster, More Secure: Latest On Summit County's Fiber Ring Project

About this episode

The episode discusses the advancements and benefits of Summit County's fiber ring project with guest Brian Nelsen.

More smart traffic cameras, better coordinated Emergency response, and smoother bus rides are all on the way within the year, as Summit County's $50 million dollar, high speed broadband fiber ring network project nears completion. That's the word today from Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro's Chief of Staff, Brian Nelsen, who is our featured guest on this week's edition of This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro. Listen now for more information on how getting all of the county's governmental agencies and municipalities hooked up to high speed fiber is going to improve their operations, and what that means for you.

People in this episode

Host: Jeanne Destro

Guest: Brian Nelsen

Topics covered

• fiber optic network
• broadband
• emergency response
• smart traffic cameras
• public transportation

Keywords

• fiber ring
• high speed broadband
• Summit County
• traffic cameras
• emergency response
• public services

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Organizations: Summit County, This Week in Tech

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