An Internet mecca’s transformation

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It is always nice to hear former colleagues doing good in this industry.

By Michael Pollick & Doug Sword
Staff Writers

In four years flat, a veteran of the fiber-optic wars and his Bonita Springs company have transformed Lee and Collier counties into an Internet mecca for businesses and nonprofits.

Set up with checks from some rich Collier folks who wanted to give their children and grandchildren a reason to stay in the region, Frank Mambuca and his U.S. Metro network already are proving the economic development cliché that, “If you build it they will come.”

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