I snapped this picture a week ago 
as I was going in to eat at Something Different Grill along State Hwy 114 in Levelland. The restaurant is located just 30 minutes west of Lubbock and has appeared in the Texas Monthly.
I couldn’t help but notice a connection as the train rumbled past a sign advertising NTS Commuication's digital service in Levelland. While these two things may not seem all that similar they have one very important connection as far as Levelland is concerned. They both connect Levelland and its businesses to the global market place.
Over the last several months the Levelland EDC’s new $8.6 mil Levelland Industrial Rail Park has been under construction on the eastern edge of town. With over 21,000 feet of track being installed and new roads, water & sewer lines being put in place to make sites shovel ready, Levelland is banking on the recovery of a global market place that requires the use of rail as an efficient and practical means to move goods in and out of the South Plains and High Ground of Texas.
While Rail serves as the more traditional connection to the global market place, NTS Communications’ newly installed fiber-to-the-user (FTTU) network provides the more modern connection to the world. In August of 2009 NTS opened their Levelland office and began installing interface devices throughout the community.
NTS Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded Xfone, Inc. (AMEX: XFN), that provides integrated voice, data and video solutions made the installation of fiber across a 30 mile distance between Lubbock Texas and Levelland over the past two years. The fiber offering by NTS is particularly efficient for business and residential customers because it provides higher bandwidth, increasing the speed with which information may be uploaded or downloaded.
With both the Levelland Industrial Rail Park and the NTS Fiber-to-the-user (FTTU) network in place Levelland has brought the world market place to local businesses. This continued investment in infrastructure will pay huge dividends to the Levelland community and surrounding region as more and more companies call Levelland home.
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