BEDFORD â Representatives from two companies â Roanoke-based internet service provider Blue Ridge Internet Service Company, aka BriscNet, and Blue Ridge Towers â working to increase high-speed internet access to underserved and unserved areas of Bedford County, provided an update Monday to county supervisors.
Two of 12 towers, the Wheats Valley Reservoir and New London water tower locations, still are set to become operational and begin providing internet service as the broadband project moves into the second phase.
Ten towers currently are connected to the internet and are able to deliver service to BriscNet customers, and six of those towers currently serve subscribers, said John Manning, representing BriscNet. BriscNet is continually working to obtain more subscribers as the broadband project ramps up operations, he said.