Network expansion to serve Amarillo’s education and business community.
FiberLight, LLC has announced a 70-mile network expansion in Amarillo, Texas to serve the Amarillo Independent School District (AISD) and the greater Amarillo business community with high-speed fiber services.
AISD will leverage FiberLight’s dark fiber network, to reliably expand the school district’s digital capabilities across its 58 locations serving over 33,000 students. This build will help boost AISD’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education offerings and provide students access to emerging educational technologies in preparation for college and STEM careers. The 70-mile network expansion will also technologically equip all 58 locations to support key initiatives for AISD including data processing, video conferencing from Amarillo’s Region 16 Education Service Center, and a surge of connected smart devices including 19,000 Chromebooks, 14,000 iPads, and 13,000 desktops/laptops.