Bring Fiber Optic Cable to Marco

We have learned a lot from previous hurricanes and made our city more resilient, particularly in the water and sewer systems.

For over 10 days our communications systems have been down. Many permanent residents are seniors or have businesses on the island and cannot function without the internet. Seniors need access to emergency services and relatives. City government needs access to systems and cloud servers.

It is now crucial to make communications more resistant. Individual owners have the possibility to have alternative power for electrical independence when the service is out. Internet and cable have no options.

All the areas with fiber optic cable had their communications restored as soon as the power came back. It is imperative that the city study the feasibility of installing fiber optic cable to be available for every home. The economies of scale should bring costs down significantly. This would be nowhere near as costly and intrusive to our lives as the installation of the sewers was.

Please take this suggestion seriously. I am sure it will garnish a lot of support.