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Last call for broadband installation; sign-up deadline extended

By
Mavis Fodness

Before work begins on burying miles of fiber-optic cable, organizers want to know how many customers want the service in greater Rock County.
For several weeks Alliance Communications Cooperative has been marketing the Internet, cable TV and/or telephone service by advertising in newspapers, on billboards and radio, through social media and by direct mail. Deadline to sign up for free installation was Oct. 9.
As of Monday, more than 50 percent of eligible subscribers have contacted Alliance with interest in the service.
“We have had a very good response,” said Amy Ahlers, Alliance’s marketing supervisor. “We are very happy.”
In the grant application to the state of Minnesota, 1,300 residences and businesses currently do not have access to high-speed Internet.
For a limited time, the free installation offer has been extended, Ahlers said.
After this period is over, however, installation can still be completed, but there may be an extra charge, she added.
Sign-up can be completed by calling 1-888-990-0991 or at www.alliancecom.net.
Alliance’s goal is to have 70 percent of potential customers signed up before the burial of the 554 miles of fiber begins this spring.
“It makes the process run smoother … versus backtracking,” she said.
The $14 million project is expected to be completed in December 2016.

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