Community Advantage

Economic Development Tool

Communities which offer extensive highway networks, affordable land and housing, planned and approved industrial and office parks, an educated work force, and significant recreation/cultural resources, are searching for high-tech, high-value companies to startup or relocate to their respective communities. However, as many communities are finding, the missing component to attracting such companies is high capability communications. Hudson Valley DataNet's state-of-the-art network, bridging existing communication companies, communities, and governments with the global information economy, helps complete the economic development picture for the area.

Hudson Valley DataNet's strategic focus is on small to midsize markets. The company offers services to the educational, commercial, nonprofit, and government communities. DataNet's customers receive technologically sophisticated services enjoyed by large metropolitan customers. DataNet offers our customers the opportunity to improve their telecommunications services, radically increase access capabilities to the Internet, and reduce costs by utilizing state-of-the art fiber optic networks. This is a key selling point not only for DataNet, but also for economic development organizations throughout New York State. Companies looking to relocate to communities with solid infrastructure and good quality of life attributes also need the communications capabilities that DataNet is offering.

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