CRSTTA rural internet project underway

  • Men and equipment from Ripley’s Inc. of Erhard, MN (above, parked at Timber Lake last weekend) have been installing the fiberoptic broadband infrastructure that will bring high speed internet to rural Timber Lake. Photo by Kathy Nelson
    Men and equipment from Ripley’s Inc. of Erhard, MN (above, parked at Timber Lake last weekend) have been installing the fiberoptic broadband infrastructure that will bring high speed internet to rural Timber Lake. Photo by Kathy Nelson
    High speed internet is coming to the rural Timber Lake area.Crews contracted by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority (CRSTTA) have been in the area for the past two weeks burying the conduit and fiber optic cable that will connect 488 people, 180 households, 88 farms, and seven businesses to high speed internet.The project covers 667 square miles in the 865 telephone...

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