Bright green was sprinkled around as balloon-decorated tables awaited guests during the Ripple Fiber launch party on Aug. 26 to help get the word out about fiber\u00a0internet being installed in Midland.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The launch was held at Midland Brewing Company, where Ripple Fiber talked about its plans for Midland and how it intends to add more fiber Wi-Fi throughout the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ripple Fiber is one of two fiber internet providers being launched in Midland.<\/p>\n
While Ripple Fiber is currently not available in all of Midland, the company is trying to \u201cmake waves\u201d to get it installed everywhere in the county.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jason Fajerski, Director of Government Affairs for Ripple Fiber,\u00a0shared where the company stands with servicing and where they hope to be in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re only in a few hundred homes right now, serviceable-wise,\u201d Fajerski said. \u201cWe’re going to be in 6,000-7,000 in just a few months, with more to come after that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fajerski focused on the benefits of the Wi-Fi, stating that it\u2019s \u201chigh speed, symmetrical internet\u201d that he hopes will become Michigan\u2019s \u201cpremier fiber internet provider.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also noted that a lot of things rely on the internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s not much you can’t do without quality internet at this time – school from home, work from home,\u201d\u00a0Fajerski said. \u201cGaming, if you are doing YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, if you want to upload a video, you need quality upload speeds.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The company is in the process of installing the lines, including digging in right-of-way zones to install lines, which includes the areas where city property meets private property.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ripple Fiber offers several packages for its Wi-Fi plan, including 500 Mbps, 1 gig and 2 gig. The 1 gig and 2 gig plans have the price locked for life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The company is also working in several other states, including Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina and South Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residents looking to see if it\u2019s currently available to them can check on Ripple Fiber\u2019s website. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bright green was sprinkled around as balloon-decorated tables awaited guests during the Ripple Fiber launch party on Aug.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74954,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-115322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-news-local","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}