UNDATED (WTAQ) – At least some of Wisconsin’s old forest fire monitoring towers might not disappear after all.
Iron County in the far north is looking at two towers in the towns of Sherman and Oma that could be used to transmit Wi-Fi and high-speed Internet coverage.
County zoning administrator Tom Bergman tells Wisconsin Public Radio it would be a welcome thing, since parts of the county still used dial-up phone service to get online.
Bergman says 167 Iron County property owners say they could work away from their offices, or start a new business, if they get adequate broadband service.
The DNR’s regional director says his agency is finding out if 90 outdated fire towers could be used by communities for broadband service, after the state said last December it would close 72 towers which are still operating due to safety and expense issues.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
