The coming of fiber optics to Hurricane in 2022 can be likened to the coming of the C&O Railway to Hurricane in 1873. With the C&O, came the telegraph and vastly improved communications.

Fiber optics is a vast improvement over the lines that currently carry electronic transmissions. A fiber optic strand is less than a tenth as thick as a human hair and can carry 25,000 telephone calls. Fiber optic communication is more efficient and…