High Speed Internet Coming to Onalaska (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

(ONALASKA, WA) Residents in the Onalaska area will soon have access to broadband internet service.  It’s part of a stimulus-funded project.  TDS Telecommunications says the project is part of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project to expand broadband internet service in rural areas.  The service is now available to some residents west of Onalaska.  Nearly 10 miles of fiber optics cable is being installed and six cabinets which protect the network electronics are being placed throughout their McDaniel Telephone Company service area.  TDS says when the project is completed in the spring the project should wrap up this spring nearly 600 residents around Onalaska and Salkum will have access to a high-speed internet connection.