 In August 2009, the first deployment of optical fiber was started, known as the Fiber From The Farms (FFTF) Broadband Initiative, covering about 2 km and linking dozens of farms and farmhouses in the town of Gurb.Since early 2011, guifi.net is connected to the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange Point (CATNIX), which exchanges data with other international telecommunications operators such as Cogent Communications and Hurricane Electric.This Internet connection is used by several associations that offer their members Internet access for low-cost at high speeds, which other Internet service providers currently do not offer.