Cook County plans to complete high-speed Internet project in 2017
A multiyear project intended to boost high-speed Internet access across Cook County is expected to wrap up next year.
Officials recently announced that Oak Forest Health Center and Markham Courthouse are connected to the county’s 10-gigabit fiber broadband network.
The $16 million project already links dozens of key Cook County facilities, including the Daley Center and the county jail, through fiber networks to meet the increasing bandwidth needs of agencies by establishing top-of-the-line Internet access…Please click here to read Nick Swedberg’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.