From now on the inhabitants of some hamlets of the province of Siena they will be able to access a service that will allow them to surf in ultra-broadband. In fact, Open Fiber created with the financial contribution of Tuscany region an infrastructure that aims to reduce the digital divide in the most peripheral areas of the region,
The new network sees at the moment 1449 real estate units that have the service available thanks to a new infrastructure that will remain publicly owned and will be managed under concession by Open Fiber for 20 years. As part of the project, a nursery school, the fire brigade headquarters, a primary school and the Arpat prevention department were connected. The hamlets involved in the project are Presciano, Taverne D’Arbia, Il Piano and Abbadia.
“We are creating – said the regional councilor for digital infrastructures – Stefano Ciuoffo – a series of networks that represent a sure leap in quality in the possibility of connecting to the global network. It is the declension of one of the principles enshrined in the regional statute because connectivity is an element of democracy that must be made available to everyone. We are now covering more than half of the territories we had set ourselves as an objective and we hope to complete all the planned interventions by 2026″.
Open Fiber is an operator that does not sell fiber optic services directly to the end customer, but is active exclusively in the wholesale market. Interested customers will only have to contact an operator (among those present on the website www.openfiber.it), choose the tariff plan and navigate at a speed that is impossible to reach with the current copper or mixed fiber-copper networks. When the user requests it, the selected operator will contact Open Fiber, who will then schedule an appointment with the customer, with the aim of bringing the optical fiber from the road well into the home.
