STOCKTON, Minn. – A trench-digging crews is laying fiber–optic cable through a sparsely populated area along U.S. Highway 14 from Stockton four miles to the Arches enclave at Farmers Park. The project is part of a $2.6 broadband expansion of the Gigaworld services offered by Winona-based povider HBC. When complete, 21st century communication will be available to an area of steep coulees where broadband access has been problematic.
Orange progress. The utility contractor MP Nextlevel of Maple Lake, Minnesota, is trenching and laying fiber-optic cable. Now at this staging area at Farmers Park. Image: Stev Lunde
Primary HBC service area
Altura, Altura, Cannon Falls, Cedar Valley, Chatfield, Dover, Elba, Elgin, Goodview, Hastings, Homer, Kellogg, Lake City, Lewiston, Miesville, Minneiska, Minnesota City, New Trier, Pepin, Pickwick, Plainview, Red Wing, Ridgeway, Rollingstone, St. Charles, Stockton, Trempealeau, Utica, Wabasha, Waucouta, Whitewater, Wilson, Witoka.