An internet service provider based in the Rogue Valley is expanding into Salem with the goal of providing high-speed fiber internet service to 7,000 homes in the city’s northeast neighborhoods by the end of the year.

That number will expand over time as more infrastructure is installed across Salem in neighborhoods like Morningside, Faye Wright, Grant and Highland, company officials said. The Central Point-based Hunter Communications also plans to eventually offer internet to businesses, hire permanent local work crews, and will build an office in town as it establishes a foothold. Company officials said that process could take years.

The company has offices in Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Eugene, and McMinnville. It is now expanding into Salem partially because Salem is underserved in

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