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Open Fiber. Open Access. Your
Broadband Solution
The mission of BalsamWest FiberNET is to provide open
and direct access to advanced telecommunications infrastructure
in Western North Carolina, Northern Georgia and Eastern
Tennessee at prices and quality levels enjoyed in major
metropolitan areas of the U.S.
Headquartered in Sylva, North Carolina, BalsamWest
FiberNET operates a first-class fiber optic network
in the rapidly expanding region between Atlanta, Knoxville,
Asheville, Charlotte and Greenville.
Our founding members, Drake Enterprises and the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, invested the necessary resources
to provide open access to Next Generation Carrier Grade
infrastructure to allow for light speed access to and
from our region.
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Recent BalsamWest FiberNET News [Read
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MAIN makes bid for rural broadband stimulus money
Mountain Xpress |
7/01/09 |
The competition for $7.2 billion in federal stimulus funds for rural broadband development is about to begin, and the Asheville-based Mountain Area Information Network aims to be a front-runner in securing some of that cash.
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EDC meeting features BalsamWest presentation
Macon County News |
6/25/09 |
BalsamWest FiberNet’s Chief Executive Officer David Hubbs gave a presentation extolling the progress his company has made in bringing technology to the area at the monthly meeting of the Macon County Economic Development Commission at Southwestern Community College in Franklin on Tuesday, June 16.
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EDC consultant reports: Technology key to job growth
- BalsamWest to play vital role in future
Macon County News |
5/28/09 |
Macon County’s future could capitalize on one of its most unique and largely underutilized resources, the BalsamWest fiber network.
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Taqua Switching Solutions
4G Wireless Evolution |
5/28/09 |
RICHARDSON, Texas --(Business Wire)-- Taqua®, LLC, a leading supplier of next-generation switching systems and applications, today announced that MFG Services and BalsamWest FiberNET have chosen TaquaWorks™, the tightly integrated solution that combines the Taqua 7000 (T7000) and BroadSoft® BroadWorks®, the industry leading suite of enhanced applications. Read
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Netriplex Broadband Pipeline to Connet the Two Cities
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Asheville To Atlanta
Ashevile Citizen-Times
by Dan Neal |
9/23/07 |
ASHEVILLE — Cars rush along the interstates between Asheville and Atlanta in a matter of hours, but
that’s a snail’s pace in the information economy when data is needed in less than a second.
Now, thanks to a huge new fiber-optic pipeline, Atlanta will be only an instant away from Asheville.
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Wired
on the Mountain
Crossroads
Chronicle |
7/24/07 |
| It
wasn't that long ago when citizens with a color
television, a touchtone telephone and a CD player
were considered "technologically advanced."
How times have changed. Read
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Fiber
Network boosts Western NC economy
Tech
Journal South
by Allan Maurer |
7/23/07 |
| WESTERN
NC— Back in 2002, Drake Software,
which files millions of taxpayer returns electronically
every year, had eight outages in Western NC. “We
could not afford to be down,” says David
Hubbs, of Internet Services for Drake, “so
we had two choices. Build something to get redundancy
or move.” Read
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Congress
hears from Balsam West on success of broadband in
WNC
Sylva Herald |
5/17/07 |
| Representatives
from Sylva’s BalsamWest Fibernet recently
testified before Congress on the success of expanding
broadband in Western North Carolina.
The company was among many providers and consumers
of rural telecommunications services that recently
told the House Small Business Subcommittee on
Rural and Urban Entrepreneurship that while these
technologies can increase investment and employment
in their communities, the are not yet being used
to their full potential. Read
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Daily
Courier: Shuler chairs rural Internet access hearing
Daily Courier
by Scott Baughman |
6/07 |
| RUTHERFORDTON
— Congressman Heath Shuler held a
special sub-committee meeting on rural broadband
connectivity Wednesday, and the topics discussed
could have far-reaching implications for Rutherford
County.
“Many rural communities across the country
are struggling to remain competitive,' said
Shuler in his role as chairman of the House Small
Business Subcommittee on Rural and Urban Entrepreneurship.
'By harnessing new technologies, we can create
new opportunities, improving the way businesses
— especially farms — operate,
and reverse this trend.” Read
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For
Starters Southern Appalachian Region Rich in Fiber
Telecommunications Magazine
by Jim Barthold |
5/07 |
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