High speed broadband one step closer for rural 865

Mike Ganje, central office supervisor for the CRST Telephone Authority (left) and Larry Mroczkowski, network engineer with Calix, were at work on Monday at the facility at Timber Lake which is the “heart and brains” of the system bringing high speed internet to rural Timber Lake. Photo by Kathy Nelson
Mike Ganje, central office supervisor for the CRST Telephone Authority (left) and Larry Mroczkowski, network engineer with Calix, were at work on Monday at the facility at Timber Lake which is the “heart and brains” of the system bringing high speed internet to rural Timber Lake. Photo by Kathy Nelson

People on the rural Timber Lake 865 telephone exchange are one step closer to having the same high speed internet access that town residents have had for several years.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority Manager Charles “Festus” Fischer is talking weeks, not months, for the system to become customer-ready.

On Monday, Mike Ganje, CRSTTA’s central office supervisor, and Larry Mroczkowski, …