Geographically, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is centrally located between Philadelphia and New York City, making it easily accessible from two to the largest cities in America. Most important is that Wilkes Barre is within five hours of 1/3 of the Nation s population and at the crossroads of the two most important interstate highways, I-80 and I-81. In addition, Wilkes-Barre possesses a labyrinth of easily accessible conduits that are already in place. Keep in mind that one of the biggest costs associated with buried lines is the site work. Here in Wilkes-Barre, the site work has already been installed in the form of an abandoned city steam heat system. The entire system encompassing 20 city blocks was renovated in 1978, and abandoned by the Wilkes-Barre City Steam Company in 1988. That abandoned infrastructure will be the conduit for the fiber backbone of the Fibercity. The Fibercity will undoubtedly bring with it a convenience of services to the populous, as well as high paying technical jobs. That vision prompted Wilkes-Barre businessman Thomas Greco to purchase the rights to he said abandoned city steam system.

When coal was fueling the industrial revolution, the great people of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Wilkes-Barre area responded in masses to build not only a thriving local community, but also a prosperous United States of America. Once again, we find ourselves at the forefront of a revolution; no, its not the Industrial Revolution, it is the Digital Revolution. Broad-bandwidth is the future of communication and we at G Net CommCo, Inc. believe that the great people of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the entire State of Pennsylvania will once again respond to the challenge, and build a new thriving Wilkes-Barre and become a digital gateway to the world.

Fiber is currently being run with Wilkes Barre being the center of the web of fiber that will have a POP (point of presence) in 25 of Pennsylvania’s top cities and another 30 cities surrounding Pennsylvania which will include New York, Washington, Philadelphia and many more.  With Wilkes Barre’s Fibercity being the center of all this bandwidth the digital applications will be incredible and it will create a beta city for future technology companies.  All the software platforms and applications will be directly accessible throughout this fiber web. Globally others will be able to access the same with the advent of the new faster Internet II and the rollout of the new IP (Internet Protocol) Version Six.  As Lt. Governor Mark Schweiker recently said, "We want to make Pennsylvania an international hot spot. We have the best work force on the planet and today we find ourselves in a very competitive environment. Californians like to brag about their Golden Gate Bridge. I tell them it wouldn't be there if it wasn't for Pennsylvania steel workers!". The importance of this project is paramount to again bringing Pennsylvania to the cutting edge of new technological development, the new "Economic Revolution" of Pennsylvania. The genesis of this State-wide renaissance is Wilkes Barre's development of the fully optical network and the "CyberFibercity"!

 

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