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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.
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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."