OPERATION:  LINK UP

Bridging the Last 16 Miles of the Fiber Divide In Colorado

Fiber optic lines are digital highways that transmit  telecommunications at the speed of light. 

 

In the past, the planned path of a road or rail line could make or break a town.  Today the highways to the future are made of light.

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OPERATION LINK UP is a grassroots coalition of citizens, businesses, civic, educational and government organizations of San Juan County, Colorado working together with our extended community to LINK UP with a state fiber optic network stalled 16 miles south of Silverton.

 

This high-speed fiber optic network has reached every other county and county seat in Colorado through a $37 million  MNT (Multi-Use Network) telecommunications project started in April of 2000.   

 

After nine years of delays by Qwest (the project contractor) the MNT fiber optic line still has not reached our community.  Providing fiber optic infrastructure to every county and county seat in Colorado was a primary goal of the project.  Today, every county seat in the Colorado has fiber infrastructure — except Silverton and San Juan County.

The purpose of this website is to enlist your help in connecting Silverton by fiber optic infrastructure.  Every person can make a difference.   This website provides information on our cause and the Operation Linkup coalition.

If you are reading this web page then you have an direct interest in improving our connection to the world.  We are few here in Silverton, but with persistence and your help we will link up with the fiber optic infrastructure promised by the State and contracted for with Qwest to provide in April of 2000. 

The hope of our coalition is to publicize the “lost” status of our MNT fiber build, persuade our elected officials and state agencies to urge Qwest to fulfill this contract or find other means, to reach the “last “county without fiber optic infrastructure.   Your attention and time to this community cause is greatly appreciated. 

Thanks for being a part of OPERATION LINK UP !

OPERATION LINK UP

P O Box 241

Silverton, CO 81433

To contact us:

Phone: 970-387-5857

E-mail: info@operation-linkup.org