Yellow Springs officials are working to expand and improve internet access in the village.
Yellow Springs Village Manager Josue Salmeron, gave an update on the project at a Village Council meeting this week. He says the public project would make internet access cheaper and faster in Yellow Springs.
“From a price perspective it’s gonna be lower than what AT&T and Spectrum currently offers in the market," said Salmeron. "It’s gonna be more secure from a net neutrality perspective. There’s all these other added features that we can provide that the private sector cannot provide.”
The project will be funded in part by a $300,000 BroadbandOhio Connectivity Grant. Building the infrastructure for the entire project is expected to cost about three million dollars overall. The village expects the service to bring in about $13 million of revenue over the next twenty years.
If the proposal is approved by the village council, a pilot program will launch this summer that will bring fiber access to over three hundred Yellow Springs homes and businesses.