Editing Shafter, California (section)

===Fiber-Optic Network===
In 2006 the City of Shafter began construction on a 25-mile fiber-optic backbone ring. The city currently operates a 10&nbsp;Gbit/s Ethernet network over the Shafter Connect network with near-zero unscheduled downtime since the network inception in 2007. The installed infrastructure will support 40&nbsp;Gbit/s and faster speeds as technology standardizes. The network currently serves several areas of the city including:
* Shafter Core – Downtown municipal, educational and law enforcement facilities
* Minter Field Airport and Industrial Park development near [[California State Route 99|Highway 99]] and Lerdo Highway
* Paramount Logistics Park at 7th Standard Road and Zachary Avenue
* Future Residential/Commercial developments along 7th Standard Road between Calloway Drive and Zerker Road

The City of Shafter is the only municipality in the Central Valley that offers fiber-optic connections.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.shafterconnect.com |title = Shafter Connect}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.muninetworks.org/communitymap |title = Community Network Map}}</ref> 
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