CUSHING, OK –Sac and Fox Nation and Centranet celebrated the opening of fiber to the home to Cushing residents Wednesday with a ribbon cutting at the Cushing Chamber of Commerce.
Funded by a National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, Cushing is part of a project that will make gigabit internet available throughout all tribal lands of Sac and Fox Nation.
“We’re really excited about this opportunity,” said Principal Chief Audrey Lee, Sac and Fox Nation. “This project is going to connect tribal members in our rural areas such as Cushing, Agra and Stroud.”
The event, attended by community leaders and citizens, showcased the working relationships among Centranet, the Sac and Fox Nation and the City of Cushing. It also highlighted the opportunities broadband will bring to Cushing residents.
“Fiber broadband may not pump through pipelines,” said Mark Prather, President of Centranet, “but it moves something just as powerful – opportunity. It connects students to classrooms, patients to doctors and businesses to customers all over the world. And it keeps families connected right here at home. So today, we’re not just lighting up fiber, we are lighting up the future of Cushing.”
The Cushing project will open to residents in four phases, the first of which opened Wednesday. For more information or to see if Centranet is available to you, visit centranetfiber.com.
