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Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle has called a press conference this morning to make a major announcement about the city's push to bring ultra-high-speed Internet service to Huntsville.

The press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, a symbol of Huntsville's space history and home of Space Camp, where young space enthusiasts train in rocketry today.

Battle and a group of local CEOs, Chamber of Commerce leaders and Cyber Huntsville representatives have been working to bring ultra-high-speed Internet to Huntsville companies, businesses and homes.

Since the push began, the fiber company Southern Light has begun installing fiber-optic service to businesses in Cummings Research Park, and Comcast and AT&T have announced plans to offer high-speed service to residential customers.

Companies are experimenting with various methods to get higher-speed Internet to homes and businesses, but gigabit service is delivered via fiber-covered glass threads bundled in cables. Data is beamed at light speed, and the connections can bring more data, much faster to computers, ultra-high definition TVs, and gaming consoles.