With Construction of Upstream Communications Tower, Yurok Tribe Brings Broadband to Wautec and Environs For the First Time
Press release from the Yurok Tribe: The Yurok Tribe recently celebrated a major milestone in the Yurok Connect Broadband Project. Yesterday afternoon, the Yurok Connect team finished the installation of a new 150-foot tower in Wautec and linked the first customers to the high-speed internet service. Located in the most remote part of the Yurok Reservation, the tower is providing first-time internet access to dozens of families and several tribal elders. Yurok Tribal Council Member Mindy Natt and her son Andrew James Lewis V attended a grand opening celebration for the new Yurok Connect servic...