Officials and school leaders celebrated Wednesday the opening of another core point of presence on the North Georgia Network, a 1,100-mile fiber-optic network bringing high-speed Internet to the North Georgia mountain region. The point, near Lumpkin County Middle School on Mountain View Drive, allows service to be built out to nearby businesses, homes and schools. According to a news release, the idea for the network was launched at the Lumpkin County Development Authority in an effort to attract higher-paying jobs, which required better technology infrastructure.