July 2, 2025

The head of the Federal Communications Commission was in Sioux Falls this week to tour two Midco locations under construction.

FCC chairman Brendan Carr discussed Midco’s fiber expansion, network initiatives and workforce development.

“We were excited to host Chairman Carr and his team in Sioux Falls because our community is a representation of how investments in the best technology can change our customers’ lives,” Midco president and chief operating officer Ben Dold said in a statement.

“Expanding fiber across Sioux Falls and our entire Midco footprint is improving quality of life, driving economic development and empowering communities. We’re grateful that Chairman Carr and the FCC came to see this important work firsthand.”

At the first construction site on 22nd Street, Carr went up in a bucket truck to lash new aerial fiber. In a residential neighborhood on Lobelia Street, he ran a drill pulling conduit for a new fiber line.

Both projects are extending fiber deeper into Sioux Falls neighborhoods, a reflection of Midco’s stated commitment to providing the best possible technology to residential and business customers.

Throughout the tour, Carr and Dold discussed Midco’s Fiber Forward network investments, progress on next-generation connectivity across rural America, workforce development and the FCC’s infrastructure priorities.

“It’s great to be back in Sioux Falls and spend time on the ground with these amazing crews working to expand America’s high-speed internet,” Carr said.

“As FCC chairman, I want to make it easier for technicians in Sioux Falls and all across the country to build out new networks and modern infrastructure. We appreciate all their hard work and effort to advance next-generation connectivity.”

Sioux Falls has the distinction of being the city where Carr climbed his first tower, “so it’s fitting that he begins a new chapter in his message about next-generation connectivity right here in our community,” said Andrew Curley, Midco senior director of government relations.

“Our construction teams and contractors enjoyed not only meeting Chairman Carr but working in the bucket and lashing new lines with him. We appreciate him showing our hardworking field teams who face the heat, rain and snow that their work matters and really changes lives.”