Port of C-W moves ahead with broadband study

Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners on July 20, approved a $62,500 contract with Petrichor Broadband, an Eastern Washington-based consulting corporation, to conduct a feasibility and planning study on bringing dark fiber infrastructure — fiber-optic cables installed in the ground that network service providers can use to fulfill future bandwidth needs — to East Clark County.

“I think the most important part of this feasibility study (is answering the question), ‘How can we fill in the gaps that we have in the outlying areas of the Port district?” Port Commissioner Larry Keister said during the meeting. “I think it’s a great opportunity (to improve) broadband for those of us (whose) capabilities are limited.”