{"id":203754,"date":"2025-10-10T22:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/203754\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T22:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T22:47:10","slug":"metronet-announces-expansion-plans-for-4-michigan-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/203754\/","title":{"rendered":"Metronet announces expansion plans for 4 Michigan communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews<br \/>\nMetronet has announced a $48 million investment to expand their fiber-optic internet network in four Michigan communities.<\/p>\n<p>By: Brad Randall,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bbcmag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Broadband Communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metronet has announced a major investment to fund an ultra-high speed fiber network expansion in Jackson, Summit Township, Vandercook Lake, and Blackman Township.<\/p>\n<p>Applauding the news was John Griffin, Summit Township\u2019s supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to see this kind of private investment in our community,\u201d Griffin said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20251008418937\/en\/Ultra-Fast-Fiber-Internet-Coming-to-Jackson-with-%2448-Million-Metronet-Expansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Metronet\u2019s Oct. 8 release<\/a>. \u201cHigh-speed internet is critical for life today and Metronet\u2019s expansion brings greater opportunity for residents and businesses in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Construction will begin on the project this month, Metronet said. Backing the effort is a $48 million private investment, according to Metronet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrapinn.com\/BBC26\/Blog\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760136430_238_BBC-2026-Banner-1-1-1024x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"120\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further network construction in multiple neighborhoods will occur over the coming months, according to Metronet.<\/p>\n<p>Michele Johnson, new market development manager at Metronet, said the announcement marks the latest exciting milestone for Metronet as a company.<\/p>\n<p>Metronet is also currently undertaking construction efforts in over 40 Michigan communities, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Portage are among the communities where construction is ongoing, according to Metronet.<\/p>\n<p>Metronet currently has a partnership with T-Mobile Fiber, which offers plans starting at $55 a month, Metronet\u2019s release said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, commercial services will be offered by Metronet directly, and the company says they can deliver speeds up to 10 Gbps for local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In total, homes and businesses in over 300 communities have access to Metronet fiber, according to the company\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbcmag.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Metronet has announced a $48 million investment to expand their fiber-optic internet network in four Michigan communities.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[49,48,244,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-203754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}