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The Greenville City Council gave first-reading approval for Lumos Fiber to install fiber optic service within the city.
Lumos Fiber plans to invest $100 million to build over 775 miles of fiber-optic network in Greenville County.
Company officials state that fiber optic internet can be significantly faster than the area's current copper wire infrastructure.
The expansion aims to provide service to approximately 100,000 homes in Greenville County over the next few years.
The Greenville City Council is paving the way for a telecommunications company to install fast fiber optic service with the first-reading approval of an ordinance on Sept. 22.
Lumos Fiber, a fiber optic internet and Wi-Fi service provider, has turned its focus to South Carolina service expansions o