Xchange Telecom Partners With NYCEDC on Broadband Expansion

New York City Economic Development Corporation launched a $5.3 million public-private partnership to build access to high-speed Internet in industrial business zones (IBZs) by expanding broadband infrastructure in underserved areas, said a news release from Xchange Telecom, among the partners. The program will create high-speed commercial broadband networks in the southwest Brooklyn, Long Island City, North Brooklyn and Greenpoint-Williamsburg IBZs, which are among the city’s “digital deserts,” said the company Wednesday. The networks in the four IBZs will be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated by Stealth Communications Services and Xchange Telecom, two New York City-based ISPs, it said. NYCEDC will provide over $1.6 million for the program from the New York State Connect NY Broadband Grant Program, it said.