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"A $43.5 million dollar fiber optic project made its first official mark on [the] region. It's a bright outlook for the future of northeastern Minnesota," 

Hundreds of miles of fiber optic cables will bring faster Internet access to the Arrowhead region of Minnesota by the end of this summer. Ground for a broadband network stretching 915 miles was broken yesterday. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and other politicians were on hand to tout the long-term economic significance of this federally funded project.

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Michael Caputo distilled the perspective shared in a forum about broadband in the region.

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Hundreds of miles of fiber optic cables will bring faster internet access to the Arrowhead region of Minnesota by the end of this summer. Ground for a broadband network stretching 915 miles was broken yesterday. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and other politicians were on hand to tout the long-term economic significance of this federally funded project.

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