FCC commissioner makes surprise visit to area to view DUO’s broadband progress

Brendan Carr, the commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, visited the area earlier this week to see first-hand how DUO Broadband is helping to build out high-speed fiber optic broadband to rural customers.

Tom Preston, DUO Broadband CEO, talked with WJRS NEWS about Carr’s visit…

 

DUO personnel were working in neighboring Adair County in an effort to bring high-speed internet to homes that only have copper DSL for broadband. As one of the first telecom’s in Kentucky to deploy fiber optic Internet, DUO Broadband was qualified to have the project funded several years back…

Preston and Daryl Hammond, DUO Broadband Sr. Vice President and CFO, as well as other company team members met briefly with the commissioner during his visit…