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>> Gerry: HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING
NEWS AROUND INDIANA BROUGHT TO
YOU BY YOUR INDIANA FEVER.
WORKERS AT THE UNION ELECTRIC

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STEEL PLANT IN VALPARAISO ARE ON
STRIKE.
OUR PARTNERS AT "THE TIMES OF
NORTHWEST INDIANA" REPORT MORE

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THAN 80 EMPLOYEES ARE PICKETING
THE PLANT OVER PAY ISSUES WITH
THE PENNSYLVANIA-BASED COMPANY.
ST. JOSEPH ENERGY, LLC, CUT THE

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RIBBON ON THE $700 MILLION FIRST
PHASE OF A NEW NATURAL GAS-FIRED
POWER FACILITY IN NORTHERN
INDIANA.

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THE COMPANY SAYS THE ST. JOSEPH
ENERGY CENTER IN NEW CARLISLE
WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE ENOUGH
ENERGY FOR ABOUT HALF A MILLION

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HOUSEHOLDS.
THE YMCA HAS BROKEN
GROUND ON A NEW FACILITY
IN EVANSVILLE.

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PARTNERS AT WEHT
TELEVISION REPORT THE
TWO-STORY 80,000 SQUARE
FOOT FACILITY IN OPEN IN

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AUGUST 2019.
IT RECEIVED $5 MILLION IN
REGIONAL CITIES INITIATIVE
FUNDING.

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IN ORDER FOR A CITY OR
TOWN TO THRIVE IT MUST INVEST IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES,
WATER, SEWER, ROADS AND

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BROADBAND INTERNET.
IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE
INDIANA FIBER NETWORK PLANS TO
INVEST SOME $50 MILLION ON

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INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIBER
BUILDOUT AROUND THE
STATE.
FOR MORE ON THE NEED FOR

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CONNECTIVITY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL
AREAS, LET'S TURN TO INDIANA
FIBER NETWORK CEO JIM TURNER.
JIM, WELCOME TO THE

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PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, GERRY.
>> Gerry: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
INDIANA FIEB FIBER NETWORK.

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TALK ABOUT THE ROOTS OF
IFN.
>> SURE.
IFN IS ACTUALLY A GREAT

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HOOSIER SUCCESS STORY.
WE STARTED OUT ABOUT 16
YEARS AGO AS A WAY TO
CONNECT 20 RURAL

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TELEPHONE COMPANIES HERE
IN THE STATE OF INDIANA
TO A HIGH SPEED NETWORK.
SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE

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GROWN VERY
SIGNIFICANTLY, WELL PAST
OUR ORIGINAL MISSION.
AND TODAY WE PROVIDE

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COMMERCIAL -- LARGE
COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES,
SCHOOLS, LARGE HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS WITH

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BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT
WE SERVE -- PROVIDE
WHOLESALE

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TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES TO PROBABLY
EVERY MAJOR TELECOM
PROVIDER IN THE STATE OF

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INDIANA.
>> Gerry: INTERNET CONNECTIVITY,
HIGH SPEED INTERNET, BROADBAND
SO IMPORTANT IN PARTICULAR FOR

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BUSINESS ANYWHERE YOU GO.
BUT THE CHALLENGES IN
RURAL AREAS OF THE
COUNTRY, RURAL AREAS OF

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INDIANA IS ESPECIALLY
KEEN.
>> IT IS.
AND THERE CONTINUES TO

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BE A LITTLE BIT OF A
HAVE, HAVE NOT
SITUATION.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN

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STARTING TO GET
BROADBAND OUT TO THESE
COMMUNITIES BUT THERE'S
MORE WORK TO DO IN THAT

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REGARD AND THAT'S PART
OF OUR MISSION AS WELL.
JIG LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR INVESTING CAPITAL

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INVESTMENT, AND YOU'RE
MAKING BIG INVESTMENTS
AROUND THE STATE.
YOU JUST ANNOUNCED PLANS

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NOT LONG AGO FOR A MAJOR
INVESTMENT ALONG THE
U.S. 30 BUSINESS
CORRIDOR THERE.

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TALK ABOUT THAT
INVESTMENT AND HOW THAT
PLAYS INTO A LARGER
STATEWIDE INVESTMENT.

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>> YEAH.
WE REALLY HAVE TWO
PRIMARY THINGS WE'RE
FOCUSING ON WITH OUR

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CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS WE COULD PROBABLY
SPEND UPWARDS OF

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$100 MILLION INVESTED IN
THE STATE.
AND IT'S REALLY ON TWO
THINGS.

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ONE IS EXPANDING OUR
NETWORK.
AND THE WHITLEY COUNTY
INVESTMENT IS AN EXAMPLE

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OF THAT WHERE WE'RE
TRYING TO GET OUT ALONG
THE U.S. 30 CORRIDOR AND
REACH AS MANY BUSINESSES

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ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND
CELL TOWERS ALONG THAT
CORRIDOR AS WE POSSIBLY
CAN.

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THE SECOND THING IS TO
REALLY UPGRADE THE
NETWORK.
AS THE NETWORK CONTINUES

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TO GROW, AS THE DEMAND
ON THE NETWORK CONTINUES
TO GROW, WE NEED MORE
BANDWIDTH.

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IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AS
GOING FROM A TWO-LANE
HIGHWAY TO AN 88-LANE
HIGHWAY, THAT'S REALLY

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WHAT THE UPGRADE
INVESTMENT IS DOING, IS
ALLOWING TO GET MORE
CARS ON TO THAT ROAD.

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>> Gerry: THE EMPHASIS THE
IMPORTANCE OF BROADBAND AS YOU
LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
THE ABILITY OF INDIANA TO GROW.

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WHETHER IT'S RURAL OR
WHEREVER IT IS.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE TIED
IN LARGE PART TO THOSE

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EFFORTS.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT
INDIANA HAS ALWAYS BEEN

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EXTRAORDINARILY POM
TETTIVE IN FARMING,
MANUFACTURING,
TRANSPORTATION,

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LOGISTICS.
WE'RE REALLY MOVING TO A
DATA ECONOMY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S

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GOING ON OUT THERE WITH
SOME OF THE LARGEST
PROVIDERS OF DIFFERENT
SERVICES IN THE WORLD,

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LARGEST RENTAL CAR
COMPANY, OWNS NO CARS.
THAT'S UBER.
WHAT DOES IT OWN?

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IT OWNS DATA.
THE ABILITY TO DELIVER
THAT, WE ARE PROVIDING
THE HIGHWAY FOR THAT

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HIGH SPEED DATA TO
TRAVEL.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
MOVING INTO A WORLD IN

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WHICH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE
HAVE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE
BROADBAND, THE BANDWIDTH

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NEEDS NECESSARY TO MAKE
THAT SUCCESSFUL IT'S
EXTRAORDINARY AND GIVES
ME OPTIMISM ABOUT BOTH

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THE GROWTH OF OUR STATE
AND OUR OWN COMPANY'S
ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO
GROW.

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>> Gerry: THE INDIANA FIBER
NETWORK, JIM TURNER, CEO,
INVESTING TENS OF MILLIONS OF