TYLER, Texas — Editor's Note: The video above aired in November 2011.
East Texas Council of Governments leaders are moving ahead with a multi-year plan to expand broadband internet access throughout the region.
ETCOG leaders this past week held a town hall-style online meeting to give an update on progress the council has made in planning broadband infrastructure expansion and securing funds for that work.
The agency’s leaders are seeking almost $168.5 million in funding to install new fiber-optic internet infrastructure in counties throughout the region, part of a nationwide effort to ensure more Americans have access to online healthcare, banking, shopping, education and more.
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