Southeast Kentucky Business Park Designated as AT&T Fiber Ready

Pictured Left to Right: Bruce Carpenter, Executive Director, Southeast Kentucky Industrial Development Authority, Amy Scarborough, Regional Director of External & Legislative Affairs, AT&T Kentucky, Senator Robert Stivers, Kentucky Senate President

As part of AT&Ts continuing efforts to drive economic development and investment in Kentucky, AT&T and representatives from the Southeast Kentucky Industrial Development Authority today announced that the Southeast Kentucky Business Park has been designated AT Fiber Ready.

The AT&T Fiber Ready designation helps economic development leaders more effectively position their communities for site selection by emphasizing the availability of high-speed, fiber-based services.

In today’s world, connectivity is vital to new employers and businesses of every type.

“It truly has been remarkable to watch Kentucky’s economy grow and communities thrive as we have worked with local leadership to improve the business environment here in Kentucky,” said Senate President Robert Stivers. “It is always encouraging when the business community comes alongside and provides a resource like this designation to highlight what our community brings to the table, when companies are making the important decisions on where they have the best chance to succeed.”
AT&T has been deploying high-speed, fiber-optic infrastructure across the Commonwealth for years, totaling more than 750,000 strand miles of fiber-optics to date, and the AT&T Fiber Ready designation is a tool for economic development leaders to highlight the assets available in their facilities.
“The AT&T Fiber Ready designation provides a clear stamp to tell the business community that we have the fiber-optic infrastructure in place to meet the needs of businesses, and as our elected officials continue to pursue efforts that make the Commonwealth even more attractive to companies, we will continue to work to bring high-quality jobs to the community,” said Bruce Carpenter, executive director, Corbin Economic Development Agency.
“For years, AT&T has invested in Kentucky to deliver high-speed Internet in urban and rural areas all across the Commonwealth using the latest wired and wireless technologies, and this announcement offers an opportunity to highlight AT&T’s fiber infrastructure in the Southeast Kentucky Business Park – infrastructure that is helping local businesses drive job creation,” said Amy Scarborough, regional director of external legislative affairs, AT&T Kentucky. “AT&T Kentucky’s employees are working hard every day to deploy our fiber-based network that delivers the high-speed Internet access that Kentuckians want and need, and the fiber optic connectivity that is available in the Southeast Kentucky Business Park is in place to meet the communications needs of businesses of all sizes.”