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# Rhode Island Community Considering Fiber-Optic Open Access Network
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/rhode-island-community-considering-fiber-optic-open-access-network/
- Published: 2017-04-22T18:43:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:29:34.000Z
- Description: BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Open access networks, such as those proposed by SiFi Networks, are important because they allow for the next generation applications and services. This story updates how a Rhode Island community is considering the company for its fiber network. Economic Development Commi
- Author: Broadband Breakfast
- Tags: broadband news, Fiber, Open Access, SiFi Networks, Westerly RI broadband, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:23, #added-preview-divider

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**BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Open access networks, such as those proposed by SiFi Networks, are important because they allow for the next generation applications and services. This story updates how a Rhode Island community is considering the company for its fiber network.**

> Economic Development Commission keeps SIFI high-speed Internet idea alive

WESTERLY — The Economic Development Commission is studying a high-speed internet proposal that was previously abandoned by the Town Council.

The commission interviewed a representative of SIFI Networks by telephone during its monthly meeting on April 12\. The company was the lone respondent to a request, issued by Town Manager Derrik M. Kennedy in January 2016, for proposals from companies interested in building a municipal fiber-optic system. At the time, Kennedy was looking for a company willing to build a high-speed fiber to the premise system.

The EDC has had SIFI on its agenda for months.

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Source: *[Economic Development Commission keeps SIFI high-speed Internet idea alive | The Westerly Sun](http://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/westerly/10236388-154/edc-keeps-sifi-high-speed-internet-idea-alive.html?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)*