Three governors inaugurated in Misiones the mega-digital highway that enters today without going through Buenos Aires

The new Internet network was inaugurated this Monday at Bernardo de Irigoyen. This is a federal-public private initiative covering more than 15,000 kilometers of fiber optics, which will provide 100,000 megabytes of connectivity to the Internet via a fiber optic network in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which will expand South. Posadas and Apostles, connecting all the northern Argentina and from there to the Pacific coast of Chile. Governor Hugo Pbadalacqua badured that "it is a historic day".

Bernardo de Irigoyen, Argentina, and Dionisio Cerqueira, of Brazil, on Monday inaugurated an Internet network that will unite Brazil, Argentina and Chile, connecting the Argentine North with San Francisco. Pablo

The governor of Misiones, Hugo Pbadalacqua, said in his speech that "we are all today a little Sarmiento", recalling an anecdote lived by the ambbadador of Argentina in the United States, who attended to the celebrations on Fifth Avenue in New York, with reason for the arrival of the first underground cable between Europe and America for communications.

He recalled that Sarmiento had come to Argentina and that the product of this experiment had installed the telegraph. "What we are opening today is a gigantic cup that brings progress, knowledge," he said.

The missionary leader emphasized the federal profile of the company and also thanked his counterparts from Chaco and Formosa. He pointed out that they were excellent governors and that "coming here means that the work was worth it," he said.

He highlighted the success of the union that has generated a great political event "based on what will happen," he said.

"This greatly favors the generation of jobs that is the obsession of governors," he said.

For his part, the governor of Chaco, Domingo Peppo, emphasized the integration achieved. "It's a fact of deep federalism and integration," he said. In the same vein, he indicated that when they unite, they demonstrate what they are able to achieve.

"It is fundamental that the state has the strength to provide the necessary integration," he said about what the Internet generates.

"We are living an extremely important event as a region," he said.

The governor of Formosa, Gildo Insfrán, said: "This fact is transcendental, it has a political significance because with this we tell the Buenos Aires centralism that the provinces exist," he said.

He also badured that it had great technological significance. In this regard, he argued that the technological support had begun when a government had put in place programs for this purpose (in relation to the government of Cristina Fernández). For example, he cited Connect Equality.

The governor also stressed the economic importance of this network, because this network allows to acquire a cheaper Internet.

The Capricorn Network inaugurated this April 15 at Bernardo de Irigoyen (Misiones) with the presence of governors of the region and neighboring countries involves a strategic regional alliance, the second link of Internet access to the country is created. , connecting us to the world without going through Buenos Aires.

The president of Marandú Comunicaciones, Marcelo Rodríguez, underlined the impact that the Capricorn network will have on the whole region. "It's a dream," he said recalling that he had started his speech at a cafe in 2016.

He explained that this new network will allow Marandu to lower the price of the internet it sells to providers, cable operators and cooperatives, "so it will depend on them to lower the price of the Internet for the final consumer".

"For Misiones, it means faster speed because we are closer to San Pablo, in addition to Mega," he said.

"This means the guarantee of a right and strategic agreements of a region," he said, noting that they did not need to go through Buenos Aires.

He explained that the Capricorn network is a step ahead of the San Pablo fiber optic in Brazil, which will extend south to Posadas and the Apostles and from there to the coast Chile, through several Argentine provinces.

Five companies from the provinces of Formosa, Chaco, a national company, a Brazilian and Marandú de Misiones, worked on the project, said the manager.

The mayor of Bernardo de Irigoyen, Guillermo Fernández, badured that it was a step forward and not only for Misiones. He thanked the governor of Misiones for answering all questions from the province.