IRON Press Releases

2025-03-28T19:36:30+00:00

Advancing Connectivity: A 198-Mile Broadband Project Brings New Opportunities to Rural Idaho

Advancing Connectivity: A 198-Mile Broadband Project Brings New Opportunities to Rural IdahoEMMETT, Idaho – Residents and businesses in Emmett and surrounding areas of Gem County may have noticed crews hard at work installing fiber optic cables across the region. This vital infrastructure improvement is part of a transformative 198-mile open access broadband project, developed through a public-private partnership between the Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON) and Intermountain Infrastructure Group (IIG). The [...]

2025-03-31T18:33:58+00:00

Idaho Regional Optical Network Names Andy Binder Chief Executive Officer

Idaho Regional Optical Network Names Andy Binder Chief Executive Officer BOISE, Idaho, February 3, 2023 — Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON), Idaho’s leading non-profit fiber optic network infrastructure provider, announced Andy Binder has been named President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this role, Binder will continue IRON’s fundamental purpose to provide Idaho’s higher education, healthcare, emergency management, state and local government, research facilities, and other non-profits with highly reliable [...]