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\nA Wisconsin city along the western shores of Lake Superior has launched an open-access city owned fiber network.<\/p>\n
Edited by Brad Randall,\u00a0Broadband Communities<\/a><\/p>\n Superior, Wisconsin, a city near Duluth in the Twin Ports region, has launched its first city-owned fiber broadband network, ConnectSuperior.<\/p>\n Construction of the open-access network has already completed in one neighborhood, with others soon to be completed, according to Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n That report, filed Thursday, quoted Mayor Jim Paine, who said the network was unique in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n According to earlier reports, the city broke ground on the network in September of 2024.<\/p>\n In total, the project is expected to cost upwards of $40 million, Northern News Now reported last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n The city is described as being located along \u201cone of the most popular tourist routes in the Midwest,\u201d on the western shores of Lake Superior, according to the city\u2019s website.<\/p>\n The network\u2019s website also currently offers service packages starting at $62.95 per month, as of the filing of this report.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re on a mission to provide access to affordable broadband internet,\u201d ConnectSuperior\u2019s website states. \u201cWith ConnectSuperior, the City of Superior has set up a\u00a0high-performance connectivity network, allowing open access to different telecommunications companies who can offer you a variety of very competitive high speed internet services.\u201d<\/p>\n Packages from two providers are currently listed on ConnectSuperior\u2019s website: Advanced Stream and Superion Networks.<\/p>\n A staff writer used AI tools from Noah Wire Services<\/a>\u00a0to help generate this report.<\/p>\n