(November 5, 2025)CAMDEN – Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday joined state and local leaders in Camden to celebrate Alabama’s Statewide Middle-Mile Fiber Network, a transformative infrastructure project that paves the way for access to high-speed internet service across the state. The Alabama Fiber Network (AFN), in partnership with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), is nearing completion of the 3,500-mile fiber backbone that will expand broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities. While the full project is scheduled to be complete in February 2026, by virtue of additional state grant funding, AFN provides middle-mile service in all of Alabama’s 67 counties as of October 31, 2025. Today’s event marked the fiber network’s crossing of the Alabama River at the J. Lee Long Bridge on Alabama Highway 29, one of its last major crossings statewide. The Alabama Fiber Network middle mile project represents one of the most significant telecommunications infrastructure projects in state history.