SNC's Fiber-to-the-Home Network in the News 

 Falls City Gets Wired: Fiber Optic Network Nearly Complete
"Officially called Fiber-To-The-Home, or FTTH, the system uses hair-thin strands of glass, arranged in bundles or cables, instead of copper wires to carry massive amounts of digital information over long distances. Signals are transmitted by light instead of electricity.  The result: faster Internet, streaming video and movie downloads."
Lincoln Journal Star, February 20, 2011

Southeast Nebraska Communications, Inc. Receives $23.3 Million in Funding 
from USDA Rural Development
"The $11.3 million BIP broadband project was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). It will allow construction of Fiber to the Home throughout the rural portion of Southeast Nebraska Communications Inc.’s certified service area, which includes all areas outside of Falls City. The project will benefit approximately 3,000 people, 50 businesses, and 20 community institutions.  The $12 million telecommunications project, anticipated to be completed in early 2011, brings Fiber to the Home to all of Falls City. The project is funded through a $10.8 million guaranteed loan that was provided by the Federal Financing Bank with Rural Development guaranteeing the funds, and $1.2 million in Cost of Money funds. The project will benefit approximately 4,000 people, 250 businesses and 90 community institutions. ... 
"SNC is excited for this opportunity to partner with USDA and invest in a Fiber to the Home network to serve all our customers. This state of the art, 'future-proof' communications solution, with nearly unlimited capacity, will not only allow for remarkable expanded phone and internet services to customers now, but also for new applications that customers will desire in the future,” said SNC General Manager."
USDA Rural Development News Release, December 8, 2010

 Falls City Hopes to Hit Home Run with Fiber Optic Network
"Falls City is not building a baseball park on the edge of a cornfield to attract people to the southeast corner of Nebraska ... It's working on something more futuristic: a fiber optic network that will connect to 2,366 homes and businesses - basically the entire town.  When completed, the system will put Falls City light years ahead of most cities and towns in Nebraska.  The community of 4,671 will not only have faster Internet service, it will be able to handle digital data - such as huge streaming video and Netflix movie files - as easily as
Shoeless Joe Jackson snagged a fly ball."
Lincoln Star Journal, March 13, 2010