Something is Going on in Moses Lake
No..this is not a preview of an upcoming movie production. It's for real.
This comes as Kirkland-based Myrio Corporation teams up with Grant County Public Utility District (PUD) and Benton Rural Electric Association to deploy advanced entertainment and communication services (such as digital TV and Internet access) to central Washington residents through the PUD's Zipp fiber optic network.
"Grant County PUD is leap-froging some of the world's most successful telecommunications companies," says Robert Manne, President & CEO, Myrio Corporation.
"This utility is at the forefront of broadband technology by utilizing IP, fiber optics, and Myrio's software applications, content and professional services for the delivery of TV-centric entertainment and communications services."
Grant County PUD created its fiber optic Zipp Network to address the County's need for a broadband telecommunications network, as well as achieve the directive contained in a telecommunications bill signed by Washington State Governor Gary Locke in March 2000.
The year-old law - originally Senate Bill 6675 - allows public utility districts and rural port districts to provide wholesale telecommunications services across their fiber optic networks.
As a Washington-based company, we are pleased to deploy Myrio's technology in our own backyard of central Washington, and play an important role in Governor Locke's directive to close the digital divide," says Manne.
