IRON Press Releases
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 [...]
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 [...]
IRON In The News
INL signs agreements with Boise State University, University of Idaho to strengthen collaborative research initiatives
New opportunities for rural Idaho through broadband expansion
INL Media Relations
January 29, 2025
New opportunities for rural Idaho through broadband expansion
Idaho County FreePress
Dec 28, 2024
Fiberoptic installations in Gem County part of regional rural project
Emmett Messenger Index
Dec 24, 2024
Idaho universities gain access to Idaho National Laboratory supercomputer
By INL Media Relations
February 28, 2022