Langen: Fast internet for everyone

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On the move at top speed on the Internet, this is an absolute must nowadays for companies as well as for private individuals. In metropolitan areas in particular, this is possible almost everywhere – but only almost.

There are still some “white spots” in Langen, where telecommunications companies for lack of prospect of profite do not act on their own initiative. Land in the outdoor area is often affected, but also numerous schools. These are now to be part of an expansion project for the Offenbach district to a gigabit fiber optic network be connected.

Completed expansion by the end of 2023 at the latest

To expand the Broadbandnetwork and to remove the “white spots” the Federal Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure launched a funding program in Hessen by the State Chancellery and the Ministry of Digital Strategy and Development is topped up with further funds. This all in all The Offenbach district uses 90 percent funding and is expanding the network PEB Broadband GmbH & Co. KGforgive. PEB is a holding company of Entega Medianet and Klenk & Sohn, both company with regional reference. The district bears the remaining ten percent of the costs. The expansion in all district municipalities should be completed by the end of 2023 at the latest.

The expansion takes place as so-called FTTH connection (Fiber To The Home). In doing so, die fibermanagement to the house at a transfer pointmisplacedt. Through this these addresses are supplied symmetrically with at least one gigabit per second. Which data rate the customer actually uses depends of course on his individual contract conditions.

54 Address on the expansion plan

The expansion plan lists a total of 54 addresses for Langen. These include eight schools: Ludwig-Erk, Geschwister-Scholl, Albert-Schweitzer, Adolf-Reichwein, Albert-Einstein, Dreieich, Erich-Kästner and Janusz-Korczak schools. the Sunflower school such as the wall school According to the district, they already have a sufficient connection.

In addition to some companies and private addresses – for example in the tan – Langener Waldsee lido is also on the list. “That is one very Good news, because we want to continue to rely on electronic tickets and a fast, stable data connection makes our work easier, ”says Joachim Kolbe, Managing Director of Bäder- und Hallenmanagement Langen GmbH (BaHaMa) and, as the city’s head of urban development, economy, culture and sport, is responsible for broadband issues, among other things.

“We learned how important fast internet connections are for everyone, not least through home office and homeschooling”, says Mayor Jan Werner. “High-speed connections are essential, especially for schools. We are of course very happy that we can now remove the last ‘blank spots’ in our city thanks to funding from the federal, state and district governments.“

(Text: PM Stadt Langen)

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