August 31, 2012 at 4:31 a.m.
| Updated August 31, 2012 at 4:31 a.m.
Chris Flood operates the horizontal drill from inside a construction trailer as Brad Diehl, background, hoists a section of pipe, which will aid the addition of more fiber optic cable to the Jefferson City area.
The owners of a fiberoptic network based in Columbia are expanding their services into Jefferson City and Fulton.
On Thursday, a contractor began boring under the Missouri River in Jefferson City for the cabling.
Mike Morey, CEO of Bluebird Network, said their network serves Missouri and Illinois.
