{"id":3320,"date":"2025-07-12T04:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T04:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3320\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T04:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T04:22:21","slug":"empire-access-yates-county-team-up-for-fiber-internet-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3320\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Access, Yates County team up for fiber internet push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Empire Access has partnered with Yates County to apply for federal funding to expand high-speed fiber internet access, according to the Finger Lakes Times. The joint effort targets USDA ReConnect program grants to improve broadband service, especially in underserved areas.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MjAsNywxLDYw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/cmp\/Finger-Lakes-Partners,-LLC---Insurance-Agency\/jobs\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fl-partners-2023-01-20-001.jpg\" alt=\"Finger Lakes Partners (Billboard)\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The initiative promises ultra-fast, reliable connectivity to support local businesses, remote work, education, and daily life. Leaders say the upgrade is key to future economic development and digital access across the county.<\/p>\n<p>Empire Access is also hosting a booth at the Yates County Fair through July 12 to answer questions and help residents sign up for service.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest headlines delivered to your inbox each morning.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign up for our Morning Edition (Opens New Tab)\" aria-label=\"Sign up for our Morning Edition (Opens New Tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our Morning Edition to start your day<\/a>. FL1 on the Go! Download the free FingerLakes1.com App for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/fingerlakes1-com\/id919463351?mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS (iPhone, iPad)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/author\/newsroom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FL1-01-LOGO-2022-V01-250x250-newer.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FingerLakes1.com is the region\u2019s leading all-digital news publication. The company was founded in 1998 and has been keeping residents informed for more than two decades. Have a lead? Send it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"a8c6cddfdbe8cec1c6cfcddac4c9c3cddb9986cbc7c5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Empire Access has partnered with Yates County to apply for federal funding to expand high-speed fiber internet access,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-3320","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\/3320","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=3320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}