High-speed fiber optics entering into Ticonderoga

Starting with the business district and major roads this year, the installation will offer broadband Internet and data connections to business, educational and municipal users.

Crown Point Telephone Co. President Shana Macey said they've created a subsidiary, Bridge Point Communication, to carry out the enterprise. They've been working on the fiber-optic plan for the last year, she said.

"It will revolutionize the way our region communicates. Ticonderoga was chosen as our first point of entry, the link to local businesses that will make our rural communities as competitive as any major city in the world."

She said their mission is to enhance the economic climate of the area.

"Our new company, Bridge Point, will bring fiber-optic broadband to our area. There is virtually no limit to the amount of Internet bandwidth it can provide. In the future, businesses will require greater and greater bandwidth, to support applications such as voice-over-Internet, high-speed networks connecting branch offices, and video content."