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NC county ready to build huge Internet towers
Twenty-two towers would provide a high-speed network for local schools, making download speeds 100 times faster.

After assuaging concerns about high winds, earthquakes and terrorism, Davidson County Schools in North Carolina are dumping the old T1 lines for a network of wireless communications towers, The (NC) Dispatch reports.
"This is why we're here," said Christine Hunt, director of media services and technology for the county schools, as she displayed a photo of an elementary child holding a laptop computer. " ... We're preparing these children for the digital age."