{"id":229878,"date":"2025-10-16T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/229878\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:44:09","slug":"thun-field-just-took-off-with-high-speed-internet-now-the-runway-isnt-the-only-thing-thats-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/229878\/","title":{"rendered":"Thun Field Just Took Off With High-Speed Internet: Now the Runway Isn\u2019t the Only Thing That\u2019s Fast!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/washington.comcast.com\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Comcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcapp2\">Pierce County Airport\u2013Thun Field now has access to high-speed fiber internet, thanks to a partnership between Pierce County and Comcast. The project, completed this month, brings a 100% fiber-optic network to the airport for the first time, offering internet, mobile, entertainment, and security services through Xfinity and Comcast Business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPierce County has been working to modernize the infrastructure of our airport to support businesses and tenants and prepare Pierce County Airport-Thun Field for the future,\u201d said Councilmember Dave Morell (District 1). \u201cThis essential service will enhance connectivity and support economic development at the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Located in central Pierce County, five miles from downtown Puyallup, Pierce County Airport-Thun Field functions as a key community transportation and emergency services facility. The airport is home to a variety of businesses including fixed base operators Spencer Aircraft and SpanaFlight Aviation, the Top Gun Bar &amp; Grill, and the SIM Flight Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This project is part of a Pierce County effort to expand broadband infrastructure to underserved areas. The more than $700,000 project was funded as a public-private partnership between Comcast and Pierce County, with the County contributing $125,000 of federal funding allocated through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) per a Pierce County Council proviso in the 2024-2025 Biennial Budget.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Pierce County\u2019s broadband expansion initiative, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.piercecountywa.gov\/7842\/Broadband-in-Pierce-County\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For more information about network expansion projects from Comcast throughout Washington state, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/washington.comcast.com\/network-expansion\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Sponsored<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Submitted by Comcast Pierce County Airport\u2013Thun Field now has access to high-speed fiber internet, thanks to a partnership&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-229878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}