Benefits for You

RANA, an open access, community-owned network, is a collaborative effort of Rockbridge County, the Cities of Buena Vista and Lexington, and Washington and Lee University. Its purpose is to provide the critical enabling infrastructure to transform the regional economy from a depressed manufacturing environment to a dynamic, small business, and entrepreneurial economy. This transformation, enabled by a world class “big broadband” network and a complementary economic development focus on attracting and supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses will allow the region’s economy to spawn new businesses, generate jobs, create wealth, and protect the rural character of our region.

Services to customers will be provided by private service providers, and not by RANA. RANA will build, operate, and maintain the network, but all services will be provided by private companies. Those services that will be deliverable over the network will include: Internet access, video, telephone, video conferencing, and many more.

As an open network, RANA is fully committed to the non-discrimination and interconnections obligations stipulated by the ARRA. RANA is a political subdivision of Virginia and is required by law to provide publicly available price information and to provide interconnection to any requesting provider at the same price.