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November 4, 2014

Should Yellowstone bump up bandwidth?

  • Park officials are talking with CenturyLink about installing a $34 million fiber-optic line through Grand Teton National Park and into Yellowstone.
    • By MATTHEW BROWN
    Associated Press

    BILLINGS, Mont. — Can Old Faithful compete with Netflix? The prospect of streaming wireless service deep inside Yellowstone National Park is re-igniting the debate over whether there should be any place off limits to technology.

    Park officials are in preliminary discussions with CenturyLink about installing a $34 million fiber-optic line through neighboring Grand Teton National Park and into Yellowstone. That would dramatically improve connectivity in certain areas for mobile devices.


     
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