Paulding Putnam this month officially launched fiber internet service across areas of Paulding, Payne, Haviland, and Scott.

The first installation was at the rural Paulding home of Dennis and Tammy Clark, a news release said.

"This is a new era for us," Dennis Clark, a 34-year co-op retiree, said. "We’ve always struggled on the outskirts of town. Now the speed is incredible, and the glitches are gone.”

For Tammy, a full-time remote worker for an international company, the difference in service has been life changing.

"I’m on video calls nearly all day,” she said. "Before, I’d get kicked out of meetings or files wouldn’t load because the bandwidth just couldn’t keep up."

The Paulding Putnam Board of Trustees approved broadband service in July 2024; mainline construction began in April

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