Leaders from AT&T* and the Ports of Indiana joined local elected officials and business leaders on November 8 at the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville to announce that the Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon ports have both been certified as "AT&T Fiber Ready." 

 

The initiative was part of AT&T's continuing efforts to drive economic development and investment in Indiana and the Ports of Indiana's commitment to developing state-of-the-art port infrastructure to help grow business and attract new companies to the state's three public ports – Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon on the Ohio River and Burns Harbor on Lake Huron.  Together, these ports now offer fiber connections to 2,800 acres of multimodal industrial sites.

 

Indiana's ports are home to more than 70 companies which conduct advanced manufacturing, processing and logistics-related services, and these operations require high-speed internet connections to operate specialized equipment and connect to corporate networks around the world. 

 

"While connections to rail lines and highways are vital to a port, in today's world of innovation and technology, digital connectivity is just as important," said Ports of Indiana CEO Rich Cooper. "Our customers are making us increasingly aware of the need for fiber not only for high-speed internet connections, but to allow microprocessors and machines to connect and communicate in their manufacturing processes."