Lyon County continues its work to provide high-speed internet to its residents after a third partnership was announced this week that benefits the Suwanee community.
The Humana Healthy Horizons in Kentucky program has announced a $207,000 investment in Lyon County that will not only increase the availability of internet services but also improve digital access to health care.
Lyon County Judge-executive Wade White says Humana chose Lyon County for the investment to help improve telehealth efforts in the county.
click to download audioIn addition to the free broadband internet for a year, three internet community access points or hot spots will be placed throughout the county, and a telehealth hub will be placed in Eddyville or Kuttawa for residents to conduct private telehealth visits with hospital systems.
White says the investment by Humana is just part of the county’s pursuit to provide internet to all residents. The first step came with the federal ARPA funds that Lyon County earmarked for the project.
click to download audioFastnet will provide high-speed internet to 1,700 homes with work already underway. Pennyrile Electric will provide internet to 320 homes with work expected to take a year to complete. White says Lyon County was split into two zones for the companies.
click to download audioWhite says all three internet partnerships will provide high-speed internet to nearly 70-percent of Lyon County homes.
click to download audioWhite says people in the Fastnet zone can fill out a survey at fastnetLLC.com to better help engineers determine the largest area of interest for high-speed internet.
