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Paul Bunyan Communications has announced this year's tournaments for the sixth GigaZone Gaming Championship and TechXpo set for Saturday, April 22, at the Sanford Center in Bemidji.
Paul Bunyan Communications has been awarded a $10 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to expand its fiber optic broadband services to portions of Hubbard, Itasca and St. Louis Counties.
State officials estimate 33,000 households in mostly rural areas of the state will gain high-speed internet access through the projects.
The company said internet service was restored by Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 25.

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Gigabit Internet service has come to Hubbard County. Paul Bunyan Communications has upgraded the communications network it has constructed in the Park Rapids area the past three years, making GigaZone services now available to over 2,700 location...

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